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COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information

Synonyms:

communication equipment; communication system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("communication equipment" is a kind of...):

facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)

Meronyms (parts of "communication equipment"):

booster; booster amplifier; booster station; relay link; relay station; relay transmitter (an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal)

communications satellite (an artificial satellite that relays signals back to earth; moves in a geostationary orbit)

radio station (station for the production and transmission of AM or FM radio broadcasts)

set (any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals)

television station; TV station (station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "communication equipment"):

fiber-optic transmission system; fibre-optic transmission system; FOTS (a communication system using fiber optic cables)

network ((broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs)

Holonyms ("communication equipment" is a part of...):

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)

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