Communications
[kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuh n] /kəˌmyu nɪˈkeɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated.
2.
the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.
3.
something imparted, interchanged, or transmitted.
4.
a document or message imparting news, views, information, etc.
5.
passage, or an opportunity or means of passage, between places.
6.
communications.
7.
Biology.
/kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/
noun
1.
the act or an instance of communicating; the imparting or exchange of information, ideas, or feelings
2.
something communicated, such as a message, letter, or telephone call
3.
4.
a connecting route, passage, or link
5.
(pl) (military) the system of routes and facilities by which forces, supplies, etc, are moved up to or within an area of operations
n.
late 14c., from Old French comunicacion (14c., Modern French communication), from Latin communicationem (nominative communicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of communicare “to share, divide out; communicate, impart, inform; join, unite, participate in,” literally “to make common,” from communis (see common (adj.)).
communication com·mu·ni·ca·tion (kə-myōō’nĭ-kā’shən)
n.
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