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Teleconferencenouna conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit televisionverified
Teleconferencingnouna conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit televisionverified
Telegraph KeynounMWEkey consisting of a lever that sends a telegraph signal when it is depressed and the circuit is closedverified
Telegraph PlantnounMWEerect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshineverified
Telegraphynounapparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)verified
Telekinesisnounthe power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical forceverified
Telemeternounany instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the obserververified
Telemetrynounautomatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other meansverified
Telemetry IntelligencenounMWEintelligence derived from the interception and processing and analysis of foreign telemetryverified
Telepathistnouna magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)verified
Telepathynounapparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptionsverified
Telephone BooknounMWEa directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbersverified
Telephone DialnounMWEa disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number calledverified
Telephone DirectorynounMWEa directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbersverified
Telephone ExchangenounMWEa workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communicationverified
Telephone ExtensionnounMWEan additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone lineverified
Telephone SetnounMWEelectronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into soundsverified
Telephotographynountransmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distanceverified
Teleprocessingnoundata processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilitiesverified
Teleroboticsnounthe area of robotics that is concerned with the control of robots from a distanceverified
Teletype MachinenounMWEa character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriterverified
Teletypewriternouna character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriterverified
Televisionnouna telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant pointsverified
Television AntennanounMWEan omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to televisionverified
Television CameranounMWEtelevision equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beamverified
Television EquipmentnounMWEelectronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and soundverified
Television MonitornounMWEmonitor used in a studio for monitoring the program being broadcastverified
Television Pickup TubenounMWEa tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signalsverified
Television ReceivernounMWEan electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenverified
Television SetnounMWEan electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenverified
Television StationnounMWEstation for the production and transmission of television broadcastsverified
Television SystemnounMWEa telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant pointsverified