communications

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃənz/
• Hyphenation: com‧mu‧ni‧ca‧tions

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Noun

communications

1. plural of communication

Noun

communications pl (plural only)

1. Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means.
   • 2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 2, page 23:

     David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.

2. Organizational or corporate communication.

Synonyms

• (organizational or corporate communication): comms (informal)

Derived terms

• base communications
• communications intelligence
• communications satellite
• communications zone
• compunications
• data communications
• infocommunications
• information and communications technology
• noncommunications

References

• Communication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

communications f

1. plural of communication