<B>telecomputing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> transmission of computerized data over a long distance, as by telephone or radio connection. </DL>
<A NAME="telecon">
<B>telecon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a device that flashes teletyped messages on a screen. <DD><B> 2. </B>a conference held by means of a telecon. </DL>
<A NAME="teleconference">
<B>teleconference, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a conference of a group of people linked by telephone or television. <BR> <I>Ex. face-to-face teleconferences.</I> </DL>
<B>telecopter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a helicopter equipped with a television camera and transmitter, to televise news and events. </DL>
<A NAME="telecourse">
<B>telecourse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a televised course of study offered by a college or university. </DL>
<A NAME="telediagnosis">
<B>telediagnosis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> diagnosis of an illness performed by means of electronic equipment and closed-circuit television linking the physician to the patient. </DL>
<A NAME="teledrama">
<B>teledrama, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drama written or adapted for television; teleplay. </DL>
<A NAME="teledu">
<B>teledu, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small carnivorous mammal of Indonesia, which is related to and resembles the skunk, except for a short tail, and can give off a very strong, unpleasant smell. </DL>
<A NAME="telefacsimile">
<B>telefacsimile, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of transmitting printed materials over a telephone circuit, as by an acoustic coupler. </DL>
<A NAME="teleferique">
<B>teleferique, </B>noun. <B>=ski lift.</B></DL>
<A NAME="telefilm">
<B>telefilm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a motion picture produced especially for television. </DL>
<B>telega, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a primitive, four-wheeled, springless Russian wagon. </DL>
<A NAME="telegenic">
<B>telegenic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially U.S.) appearing attractive on television; suitable for telecasting. </DL>
<A NAME="telegonic">
<B>telegonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with telegony. </DL>
<A NAME="telegony">
<B>telegony, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Genetics.) the sire's supposed influence on the dam's offspring by later sires. </DL>
<A NAME="telegram">
<B>telegram, </B>noun, verb, <B>-grammed,</B> <B>-gramming.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a message sent by telegraph. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother sent a telegram telling us what plane she was returning on.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to telegraph to. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to send a telegram; telegraph. </DL>
<B>telegrammic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a telegram. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) brief; concise; succinct. </DL>
<A NAME="telegraph">
<B>telegraph, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an apparatus, system, or process for sending coded messages over wires by means of electricity. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to send (a message) by telegraph. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother telegraphed that she would arrive home by afternoon plane.</I> (SYN) wire. <DD><B> 2. </B>to send a message to (a person) by telegraph. (SYN) wire. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to signal (what one intends to do); show by a gesture, look, or other sign. <BR> <I>Ex. the boxer telegraphed his punches too often. Most dancers nowadays seem to telegraph to their audiences, "Watch for this one--it's tremendous" (Clive Barnes).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to signal or communicate by telegraph. (SYN) wire. </DL>
<A NAME="telegraphboy">
<B>telegraph boy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a boy who personally delivers telegrams. </DL>
<A NAME="telegrapher">
<B>telegrapher, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who sends and receives messages by telegraph. </DL>
<A NAME="telegrapherscramp">
<B>telegrapher's cramp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> painful cramps in the muscles of the arm and fingers, an occupational disorder of telegraphers. </DL>
<A NAME="telegraphese">
<B>telegraphese, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the concise and elliptical style in which telegrams are worded; cablese. <BR> <I>Ex. Another colleague rewrote the paper in telegraphese, leaving out most adjectives, inserting the word "stop" for periods (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="telegraphic">
<B>telegraphic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a telegraph. <DD><B> 2. </B>sent as a telegram. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) extremely concise; contracted. <BR> <I>Ex. a telegraphic style.</I> adv. <B>telegraphically.</B> </DL>
<B>telegraphist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a telegrapher. </DL>
<A NAME="telegraphkey">
<B>telegraph key,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small lever to tap out messages by telegraph. </DL>
<A NAME="telegraphone">
<B>telegraphone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an early type of tape recorder that received and magnetically recorded sound. </DL>
<A NAME="telegraphoscope">
<B>telegraphoscope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a telegraphic device for transmitting and reproducing a still picture, such as a wirephoto. </DL>
<A NAME="telegraphplant">
<B>telegraph plant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an East Indian tick trefoil plant, whose leaflets, spontaneously jerking up and down and rotating on their own axes, suggest a semaphore. </DL>
<A NAME="telegraphpole">
<B>telegraph pole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) telephone pole. </DL>
<B>telegraphy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of making or operating of telegraphs. </DL>
<A NAME="telegu">
<B>Telegu, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gu</B> or <B>-gus,</B> adjective. <B>=Telugu.</B></DL>
<A NAME="teleguide">
<B>teleguide, </B>transitive verb, <B>-guided,</B> <B>-guiding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to guide by remote control. <BR> <I>Ex. The Russians were able to teleguide the last stage of their moon rocket (New York Herald Tribune).</I> </DL>
<B>telekinetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like telekinesis. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with telekinesis. adv. <B>telekinetically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="telelectric">
<B>telelectric, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> transmission by electrical means. <DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with transmission by electrical means. </DL>
<A NAME="telelectroscope">
<B>telelectroscope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an electrical transmitter of motion pictures. </DL>
<A NAME="telelecture">
<B>telelecture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lecture delivered by telephone to a classroom or other place for two-way communication. <BR> <I>Ex. Colleges today are ... piping the specialist's voice and face in by telelecture and television (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
<B>Telemachus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the son of Penelope and Odysseus (Ulysses). When Odysseus returned from the Trojan War, Telemachus helped him slay Penelope's insolent suitors. </DL>
<A NAME="telemark">
<B>telemark, </B>noun, or <B>telemark turn,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a method of turning or stopping skis by advancing the outside ski. </DL>
<A NAME="telemarket">
<B>telemarket, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to sell by telephone. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] had a great way to telemarket his flowers and the good sense to trademark it (Inc.).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to solicit sales from by telephone. <BR> <I>Ex. He has been telemarketed, and ... he may not like it or buy anything (American Banker).</I> noun <B>telemarketer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="telematics">
<B>telematics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the machinery and processes for transmission of computerized information. </DL>
<A NAME="telemechanics">
<B>telemechanics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science of transmitting electric power by radio, without wires. </DL>
<A NAME="telemeter">
<B>telemeter, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a device for measuring heat, radiation, pressure, speed, or other quantity, and transmitting the information to a distant receiving station. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various range finders used in surveying and gunnery. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Physics.) a device to measure strains. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to measure and transmit by telemeter. </DL>
<A NAME="telemetric">
<B>telemetric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with telemetry. adv. <B>telemetrically.</B> </DL>
<B>telemetry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the use of telemeters for measuring and transmitting information. </DL>
<A NAME="telemotor">
<B>telemotor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hydraulic or electric system of remote control, especially of a ship's rudder. </DL>
<A NAME="telencephalic">
<B>telencephalic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the telencephalon. </DL>
<A NAME="telencephalon">
<B>telencephalon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the anterior part of the forebrain in vertebrates, comprising mainly the cerebral hemispheres; endbrain. </DL>
<A NAME="telengiscope">
<B>telengiscope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument which combines the functions of a telescope and a microscope. </DL>
<A NAME="teleological">
<B>teleological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with teleology. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with a design or purpose. <DD><B> 3. </B>of the nature of a design or purpose. adv. <B>teleologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="teleologicalargument">
<B>teleological argument,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrine that teleology proves the existence of a Creator. </DL>
<A NAME="teleologist">
<B>teleologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who believes in or studies teleology. </DL>
<A NAME="teleology">
<B>teleology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact or quality of being purposeful. <DD><B> 2. </B>purpose or design as shown in nature. <BR> <I>Ex. Either the world shows a teleology or it does not (William R. Inge).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the doctrine that mechanisms alone cannot explain the facts of nature and that purposes have causal power. <DD><B> 4. </B>the doctrine that all things in nature were made to fulfill a plan or design. </DL>
