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Definition: Teleconference |
TeleconferenceNoun1. A conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | A call established between three or more stations in such a manner that each of the stations is able to carry on a communication with all the other. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Note: The telecommunications system may support the teleconference by providing audio, video, and data services by one or more means, such as telephone, telegraph, teletype, radio, and television.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
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Synonym: TeleconferenceSynonym: teleconferencing (n). (additional references) |
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Human Rights | Portugal | Another new law passed during the year provides that witnesses may testify in cases heard in distant jurisdictions via teleconference. (references) |
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| "Teleconference" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Teleconference" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "teleconference": video teleconference. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
teleconference | 205 |
teleconference company | 28 |
teleconference services | 27 |
teleconference call | 24 |
teleconference service | 21 |
audio teleconference | 20 |
video teleconference | 15 |
teleconference rate | 11 |
low cost teleconference | 11 |
at t teleconference | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "teleconference"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | "话会议. (various references) | |
Danish | telemøde (conference call, multiple call), telekonference (conference call, multiple call), telefonmøde (conference call, multiple call), konferencesamtale (conference call, multiple call), konferenceopkald (conference call, multiple call). (various references) | |
Dutch | televergadering (conference call, multiple call), telefonische vergadering (conference call, multiple call), teleconferentie (conference call, multiple call), teleconferencing (conference call, multiple call), verzamelgesprek (conference call, multiple call), vergaderschakeling (add on, CONF, conference call, multiple call), vergadering op afstand (conference call, multiple call), vergadergesprek (conference call, multiple call), vergaderen op afstand (conference call, multiple call), meervoudig gesprek (conference call, multiple call), conferentiegesprek (conference call, multiple call). (various references) | |
Finnish | neuvottelupuhelu (add on, CONF, conference call, multiple call). (various references) | |
French | téléconférence, conversation multiple, conversation conférence, communication conférence. (various references) | |
German | Telekonferenz (conference call, multiple call), Konferenzschaltung (conference call, multiple call), Konferenzgespräch (conference call, multiple call), Gruppengespräch (conference call, multiple call), Fernkonferenz (conference call, multiple call). (various references) | |
Greek | κλήση διάσκεψης (conference call, multiple call), εγκύκλιος επικοινωνία (conference call, multiple call), επικοινωνία διάσκεψης (conference call, multiple call), τηλεσύσκεψη (conference call, multiple call), τηλεφωνική τηλεσύσκεψη (conference call, multiple call), τηλεδιάσκεψη (conference call, multiple call). (various references) | |
Hungarian | távkonferencia. (various references) | |
Italian | teleconferenza (conference call, multiple call), servizio conferenza (conference call, multiple call), conferenza a distanza (conference call, multiple call). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | テレ"会議 , テルミット反応 (combination television and video-recorder, facsimile through television, home shopping network, tape recorder, telecast, telecine, telecommunication, telecontrol system, teleconverter, telegenic, telegraph, telekinesis, telepathy, telephone club, telescan, telescope, teletex, teletext, Teletopia, teletype, teletypewriter, teletypewriter exchange, television, television camera, television continuity, television game, television network, television rating system, television set, television shopping, television talent, telex, tellurium, terebinthina, thermit reaction, trekking, TV, video game). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | テレ"かいぎ, テレコンファレンス , テレカンファレンス . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eleconferencetay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tele-conferência (conference call, multiple call), comunicação para conferência (conference call, multiple call). (various references) | |
Russian | телеконференция. (various references) | |
Spanish | teleconferencia (conference call, multiple call), telecomferencia, llamada múltiple (conference call, multiple call), conferencia múltiple (conference call, multiple call), comunicación por conferencia (conference call, multiple call), comunicación pluripartita (conference call, multiple call), comunicación múltiple (conference call, multiple call), comunicación conferencia (add on, CONF, conference call, multiple call), comunicación colectiva (conference call, multiple call). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "teleconference": teleconferenced, teleconferences. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "teleconference" (pronounced telukÄ"nfruns) |
| 6 | -n f r u n s | videoconference. |
| 5 | -f r u n s | circumference. |
| 4 | -r u n s | abhorrence, adherence, appearance, assurance, Clarence, clearance, coherence, disappearance, entrance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, hindrance, incoherence, insurance, interference, noninterference, perseverance, preponderance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, reinsurance, remembrance. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, clairvoyance, coexistence, cognizance, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, intelligence, interdependence, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, relevance, reliance, reluctance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-e-e-f-l-n-n-o-r-t" | |
-4 letters: conference. | |
-5 letters: concenter, connecter, reconnect. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-e-e-e-f-l-n-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: teleconferenced, teleconferences. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101100 01100101 01100011 01101111 01101110 01100110 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e l e c o n f e r e n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006C 0065 0063 006F 006E 0066 0065 0072 0065 006E 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471787169818072718471806971 |
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