/tel'i keuh myooh'ni kay"sheuhnz/ , n.
1. Sometimes, telecommunication . ( used with a sing. v. ) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.
2. Sometimes, telecommunication . ( used with a sing. v. ) the science and technology of such communication.
3. telecommunication , a message so transmitted.
adj.
4. of or pertaining to telecommunications.
[ 1930-35; TELE- 1 + COMMUNICATION + -S 3 ]