telecommunication
noun
tele·com·mu·ni·ca·tion
ˌte-li-kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən 
1
: communication at a distance (as by telephone)
2
: technology that deals with telecommunication
—usually used in plural
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Quakes rupture on a fault at the speed of sound through rock, which is slower than the light speed of today’s telecommunications systems.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Yeh’s first major nonmilitary clients included Taiwan’s telecommunication administration and the National Taxation Bureau of Taipei.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
These services are already available in the country, whose telecommunications and internet infrastructure are solely owned and managed by the state.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
Other sectors to lose jobs were manufacturing, down 4,100; financial activities (real estate, insurance, investments), down 2,000; and information (broadcasting, telecommunications, newspapers), down 1,300.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Yeh’s first major nonmilitary clients included Taiwan’s telecommunication administration and the National Taxation Bureau of Taipei.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
These services are already available in the country, whose telecommunications and internet infrastructure are solely owned and managed by the state.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
Other sectors to lose jobs were manufacturing, down 4,100; financial activities (real estate, insurance, investments), down 2,000; and information (broadcasting, telecommunications, newspapers), down 1,300.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
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“Telecommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telecommunication. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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