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- transmission
communication by means of transmitted signals - communication, communicating
the activity of communicating - intercommunication
mutual communication - conveyance, imparting, impartation
the transmission of information - airing, spreading, dissemination, public exposure
the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate - circulation
the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines) - extension, propagation
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions - message
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled - broadcast
message that is transmitted by radio or television - cipher, cypher
a message written in a secret code - heliogram
a message transmitted by means of the sun's rays - medium
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication - medium
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information - ether, aether
a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves - vehicle
a medium for the expression or achievement of something - air, airwave
medium for radio and television broadcasting - paper
a medium for written communication - sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper
paper used for writing or printing - signature
a sheet with several pages printed on it - folio, leaf
a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) - flyleaf
a blank leaf in the front or back of a book - interleaf
a blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book - page
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains - tear sheet
a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication - full page
something that covers an entire page - half page
something that covers (the top or bottom) half of a page - recto
right-hand page - verso
left-hand page - title page
a page of a book displaying the title and author and publisher - half title, bastard title
a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book - sports page
any page in the sports section of a newspaper - spread, spread head, spreadhead, facing pages
two facing pages of a book or other publication - center spread, centre spread
the spread at the center of a magazine - centerfold, centrefold
a magazine center spread - foldout, gatefold
an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine - folio, pagination, page number, paging
the system of numbering pages - stationery, letter paper
paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters - letterhead
a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top - notepaper
writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters - Post-It
brand name for a slip of notepaper that has an adhesive that allows it to stick to a surface and be removed without damaging the surface - foolscap
a size of paper used especially in Britain - style sheet
a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication - worksheet
a sheet of paper with multiple columns - channel, transmission channel
a path over which electrical signals can pass - line, channel, communication channel
(often plural) a means of communication or access - band
a range of frequencies between two limits - frequency band, waveband
a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals) - back channel
an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government) - lens
(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood - contact, link, liaison, inter-group communication
a channel for communication between groups - channels
official routes of communication - medium, mass medium
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public - multimedia, multimedia system
transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.) - hypermedia, hypermedia system, interactive multimedia, interactive multimedia system
a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together - hypertext
machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected - cinema, film, celluloid
a medium that disseminates moving pictures - silver screen
the film industry - gutter press
press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures) - free press
a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology - press, public press
the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines - print media
a medium that disseminates printed matter - storage medium, data-storage medium
a medium for storing information - magnetic storage medium, magnetic medium, magnetic storage
any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information - broadcast medium, broadcasting
a medium that disseminates via telecommunications - post, mail, mail service, postal service
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office - airmail, airpost
a system of conveying mail by aircraft - snail mail
any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service - rural free delivery, RFD
free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas - first class, 1st class, first-class mail, 1st-class mail
mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection - express, express mail
mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system - poste restante
a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada) - pony express
express mail carried by relays of riders on horseback - parcel post
postal service that handles packages - bulk mail
mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than 1st-class rates and paid for in one lot - direct mail
advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail - journalism, news media
newspapers and magazines collectively - Fleet Street
British journalism - photojournalism
journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures - news photography
photography of newsworthy events - rotogravure
printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press - newspaper, paper
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets - daily
a newspaper that is published every day - gazette
a newspaper or official journal - school newspaper, school paper
a newspaper written and published by students in a school - rag, sheet, tabloid
newspaper with half-size pages - tab, tabloid, yellow journalism
sensationalist journalism - article
nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication - column
a page or text that is vertically divided - column, editorial, newspaper column
an article giving opinions or perspectives - feature, feature article
a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine - magazine article
an article published in a magazine - news article, news story, newspaper article
an article reporting news - piece
an artistic or literary composition - morceau
a short literary or musical composition - separate, offprint, reprint
a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication - paper
a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses - think piece
an article in a newspaper or magazine or journal that represents opinions and ideas and discussion rather than bare facts - reprint, reissue, reprinting
a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale - new edition
a publication (such as a book) that has been modified or updated and offered again for sale - article of faith, credendum
(Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided - lead, lead-in, lede
the introductory section of a story - opening line
the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story) - lead, lead story
a news story of major importance - personal
a short newspaper article about a particular person or group - sidebar
a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story - agony column
a newspaper column devoted to personal problems - samizdat, underground press
a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature - telecommunication, telecom
(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically - telephone, telephony
transmitting speech at a distance - voice mail, voicemail
a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls - call, phone call, telephone call
a telephone connection - call-back
a return call - collect call
a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for - call forwarding
lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial direct - call-in
a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program - call waiting
a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone - crank call
a hostile telephone call (from a crank) - local call
a telephone call made within a local calling area - long distance, long-distance call, trunk call
a telephone call made outside the local calling area - toll call
a long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate - conference call
a telephone call in which more than two people participate - wake-up call
a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels) - three-way calling
a way of adding a third party to your conversation without the assistance of a telephone operator - telegraphy
communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire - cable, cablegram, overseas telegram
a telegram sent abroad - letter telegram
a cheaper form of telegram that is sent abroad for delivery the next day - wireless
transmission by radio waves - radiotelegraph, radiotelegraphy, wireless telegraphy
telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire - mail
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service - third class, third-class mail
mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates - junk mail
third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant' - phone message, telephone message
a message transmitted by telephone - radiogram
a message transmitted by wireless telegraphy - radiotelephone, wireless telephone, radiotelephony
telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire - broadcasting
taking part in a radio or tv program - Rediffusion
a system for distributing radio or tv programs - multiplex
communicates two or more signals over a common channel - radio, wireless, radiocommunication
medium for communication - television, video, telecasting, TV
broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects - picture, video
the visible part of a television transmission - video
(computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display - audio, sound
the audible part of a transmitted signal - cable, cable television
television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver - high-definition television, HDTV
a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail - electronic communication
communication by computer - digital communication, data communication
electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) - ATM, asynchronous transfer mode
a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds - electronic mail, e-mail, email
(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in - freemail
a service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising - emoticon
a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email - smiley
an emoticon of a smiling face - smoking gun
indisputable evidence (especially of a crime) - spam, junk e-mail
unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk) - messaging, electronic messaging
the sending and processing of e-mail by computer - prompt, command prompt
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command - fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreoptics
the transmission of light signals via glass fibers - reception
quality or fidelity of a received broadcast - detection, signal detection
the detection that a signal is being received - modulation
(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave - amplitude modulation, AM
modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave - frequency modulation, FM
modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave - PM, phase modulation
modulation of the phase of the carrier wave - pulse modulation
modulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulses - pulse-time modulation
modulation of the time between successive pulses - demodulation
(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave - infection, contagion
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people - language, linguistic communication
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols - usage
the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written - dead language
a language that is no longer learned as a native language - words
language that is spoken or written - source language
a language that is to be translated into another language - object language, target language
the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated - language unit, linguistic unit
one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed - slot
a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable - discourse
extended verbal expression in speech or writing - context, linguistic context, context of use
discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation - sentence
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language - simple sentence
a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses - complex sentence
a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause - loose sentence
a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows - periodic sentence
a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause - compound sentence
a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses - sentential function
formal expression containing variables - word
a unit of language that native speakers can identify - anagram
a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase - anaphor
a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition - antonym, opposite word, opposite
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other - back-formation
a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it - blend, portmanteau, portmanteau word
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings - charade
a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades - cognate, cognate word
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language - content word, open-class word
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned - contraction
a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds - deictic, deictic word
a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs - derivative
(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word - diminutive
a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness - dirty word
a word that is considered to be unmentionable - disyllable, dissyllable
a word having two syllables - form, descriptor, word form, signifier
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something - four-letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word
any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive