communication
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Old French communicacion, Latin communicationem, communicatio, verb communicare
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communication (plural communications)
- (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging information between entities.
- Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
- The potential for information exchange.
- The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
- A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
- Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
- The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
- The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
- An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
- The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
- A passageway or opening between two locations.
- A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
- (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
- 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617
- ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
- 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617
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concept of information exchange
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potential for information exchange
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a message
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body of data exchange
instance of data transfer
passageway or opening
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anatomical connection
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communication f. (plural: communications)

