English > communications: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.). |
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| Example | "communications is his major field of study" |
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| Synonym | communication theory |
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| Category of | information, selective information, entropy | (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome |
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| Broader | discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick | A branch of knowledge |
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