COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does communication system mean? 

• COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun COMMUNICATION SYSTEM has 2 senses:

1. a system for communicating

2. facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information

  Familiarity information: COMMUNICATION SYSTEM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system for communicating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)

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

ground control (a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a ground-controlled approach to landing)

intercom; intercommunication system (a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc)

P.A.; P.A. system; PA; PA system; public address system (an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas)

radio; wireless (a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves)

link; radio link (a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network)

telecom equipment; telecom system; telecommunication equipment; telecommunication system (a communication system for communicating at a distance)

phone system; telephone system (a communication system that transmits sound between distant points)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

communication equipment; communication system

Hypernyms ("communication system" 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 system"):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 system" is a part of...):

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

 Context examples 

A telephone number that is used by a mobile communication system that uses a combination of radio wave transmission and conventional telephone switching to permit telephone communication to and from mobile users within a specified area.

(Mobile Telephone Number, Food and Drug Administration)