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communication | communicationally |

As a noun communication

is the act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

As an adverb communicationally is

in terms of, or by means of, communication.

communication

English

Noun

(wikipedia communication) (en noun)
  • The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
    • communication of smallpox
    communication of a secret
  • (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
    • Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
    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.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Argument and friendly communication .
  • A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
    • A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.
  • (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.
  • (obsolete) association; company
  • * Bible, 1 Corinthians xv. 33
    • Evil communications corrupt manners.
  • Participation in the Lord's supper.
    • (Bishop Pearson)
  • (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
    • (Beattie)

    Related terms

    * communications (the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means) * communicate * communicator * communion

    Derived terms

    * anticommunication * communication disorder * communication engineering * communications satellite * confidential communication * excommunication * miscommunication * noncommunication * privileged communication * telecommunication ----

    communicationally

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In terms of, or by means of, communication.
  • * {{quote-journal, 2007, date=November 27, Luciano Floridi, Understanding Epistemic Relevance, Erkenntnis, url=, doi=10.1007/s10670-007-9087-5, volume=69, issue=1, pages=69-92
    • , passage=The pragmatic and the subjectivist interpretation of what may count as communicationally or epistemically relevant semantic information coherently converge on the same conclusion, even if they come from different perspectives: had a known that i was actually a piece of misinformation she would not have asked q in order to obtain i in the first place. }}