intercommunicationn.
/ɪntəkəˌmjuːnᵻˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The action or fact of communicating with each other; intercourse.
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society > communication > [noun]
communication?1532
intercommunication1586
correspondence1605
correspondency1613
conveyance1662
society > society and the community > social relations > [noun]
conversationc1340
dolea1400
repairc1425
fellowshipc1450
frequentation?1520
communion1529
society1531
commerce1537
commercement1537
society1538
trade1555
intercourse1557
company1576
intercommunication1586
interdeal1591
entertain1602
consort1607
entregent1607
quarter1608
commercing1610
converse1610
trucka1625
congress1628
socialty1638
frequency1642
socialitya1649
socialness1727
intercommuniona1761
social life1812
dialogue1890
discourse1963
1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xii. 57 These haue ech of them, but one quality: fire hote, ayer moist..if they should haue twayne, then must they needes either entercommunicate, or two quallities concurre with the first matter: entercommunication is there none: for then should they not be the elements of other things seing they should be elements one of ech other.
1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 149 When you and I had more leisure for an inter-communication, of which I have..made profitable use.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. iii. 362 Those causes which tended to bring about increased Hellenic intercommunication.
2. The mutual imparting of ideas or information; interchange of speech; mutual conference.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun]
speechc900
talec1000
speaka1300
reasonc1300
speakinga1325
counsela1350
intercommuningc1374
dalliancec1400
communication1419
communancec1449
collocutiona1464
parlour?c1475
sermocination1514
commona1529
dialogue?1533
interlocutiona1534
discourse1545
discoursing1550
conference1565
purposea1572
talk1572
interspeech1579
conversationa1586
devising1586
intercourse1596
intercommunication1603
eclogue1604
commercing1610
communion1614
negocea1617
alloquy1623
confariation1652
gob1681
gab1761
commune1814
colloquy1817
conversing1884
cross-talk1887
bull session1920
rap1957
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 261 Even in beasts, that have no voice at all,..we easily inferre, there is some other meane of entercommunication.
1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 255 A brief question, and a monosyllable in reply, was their only intercommunication.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. 58 Ants have considerable powers of intercommunication by means of their antennæ.
3. Passage to and fro by connecting channels or lines of communication.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity > communicating (of things)
incurse1578
intercourse1626
commerce1634
correspondence1698
intercommunication1866
the world > movement > transference > [noun] > conveying or transporting > conveying by a channel or medium > by interconnecting channels
intercommunication1866
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > uninterrupted connection of parts > intercommunication
intercourse1626
commerce1634
correspondence1698
intercommunication1866
1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. I. vii. 510 The free intercommunication between the basal spaces into which the auricles open.
4. attributive. Cf. intercom n.
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society > communication > telecommunication > intercom > [noun]
intercommunication1911
intercom1940
interphone1942
1911 M. Hird in L. Weaver House & its Equipm. 124 With an ‘intercommunication’ system of telephones in the house, room after room can be..easily ‘rung up’.
1967 Lebende Sprachen 12 137/1 Intercommunication system (intercom), a system of wiring which enables two-way communication between teacher and student(s).
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