| communication | |
| 1. n. The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission. | |
| communication of smallpox | |
| communication of a secret | |
| 2. n. 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. | |
| 3. n. A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication. | |
| Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications. | |
| 4. n. 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. | |
| 5. n. An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse. | |
| The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email. | |
| 6. n. A passageway or opening between two locations; connection. | |
| A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber. | |
| 7. n. (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) Association; company. | |
| 9. n. Participation in Holy Communion. | |
| 10. n. (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". | |
