Meaning | (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically. |
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Synonym | telecommunication |
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Category of | Nyquist frequency | (telecommunication) twice the maximum frequency occurring in the transmitted signal |
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Nyquist rate | (telecommunication) the lowest sampling rate that will permit accurate reconstruction of a sampled analog signal |
call | send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc. |
duplex | Allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously |
electronic converter | (telecommunication) converter for converting a signal from one frequency to another |
loop gain | (telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input |
sampling | measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) |
sampling frequency | (telecommunication) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal |
sampling rate | (telecommunication) the frequency of sampling per unit time |
simplex | Allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time |
sunrise industry | A new industry that is expanding rapidly (especially telecommunications or electronics) |
telecommunication | (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance |
Narrower | broadcasting | taking part in a radio or tv program |
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multiplex | Communicates two or more signals over a common channel |
telegraphy | Communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire |
telephone, telephony | transmitting speech at a distance |
wireless | transmission by radio waves |
Broader | medium | A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
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Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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Spanish | telecomunicación |
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Catalan | telecomunicació |
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