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单词 telecentre
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telecentretelecentern.

Brit. /ˈtɛlᵻˌsɛntə/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌsɛn(t)ər/
Forms: see tele- comb. form and centre n.1 and adj.; also with capital initial(s).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tele- comb. form, centre n.1
Etymology: < tele- comb. form + centre n.1 In sense 1 originally after Russian telecentr (1936 or earlier). In sense 2 originally after American Spanish telecentro (1966 or earlier in this sense); compare Brazilian Portuguese telecentro (1967 or earlier).
1. (A name given to) a building or other facility used for making or broadcasting television programmes. Now somewhat rare.Frequently (and recorded earliest) in Russian contexts.
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1937 N.Y. Times 2 May xi. 12/2 The television center being erected in Moscow..is one of the three centers planned... Apparatus for the Leningrad tele-center is being manufactured in Soviet factories.
1954 N.Y. Herald Tribune 14 June 24/1 Dr. Du Mont referred to his company's new Tele-Center..as ‘the finest television network studio facility in the East.’
1980 Atlanta Constit. 22 July 5 d/1 Moscow-based correspondents..were unwilling to agree to steep prices..demanded by the Russians for use of the Olympic telecenter.
2000 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 1 June d14 It's all happening at Big Bang Studios, the former CHCH-TV Telecentre with the kicking sound studio and movie projection capabilities.
2. Esp. in Latin America: a school, typically in a remote area, where pupils are taught using educational television programmes. Somewhat rare.
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society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > other types of school
writing schoola1475
rectory1536
spelling school1704
greycoat1706
rural school1734
Charter School1763
home school1770
Philanthropine1797
British school1819
side school1826
prep school1829
trade school1829
Progymnasium1833
finishing-school1836
field schoola1840
field school1846
prairie school1851
graded school1852
model school1854
Philanthropinum1856
stagiary school1861
grade school1869
middle school1870
language school1878
correspondence school1889
day continuation school1889
prep1891
Sunday school1901
farm school1903
weekend school1907
Charter School1912
folk high school1914
pre-kindergarten1922
Rabfak1924
cram-shop1926
free school1926
crammer1931
composite school1943
outward-bound1943
blackboard jungle1954
pathshala1956
Vo-Tech1956
St. Trinian's1958
juku1962
cadre school1966
telecentre1967
academy2000
academy school2000
1967 J. Lyle et al. in New Educ. Media in Action (UNESCO) II. 86 At the telecentres [in Peru] only simple class-room materials are used in co-ordination with the television lessons.
1973 F. H. Harbison Human Resources iv. 95 The concept of Capacitacion Popular..is to use volunteer tele-teachers as ‘guides’ or intermediaries between pupils and television programmes received in telecenters.
1978 F. Haussman & J. Haar Educ. in Brazil vii. 112 Today..telecenters in São Luis, Ribamar and Passo do Luminar..teach the full programs of grades five through eight..to close to 15,000 students.
3. A building or other facility containing computers and telecommunications equipment; spec. (a) a small office development enabling employees to work remotely away from the main or central office of their organization; (b) a public place (typically in a remote or rural area) where members of the local community can access computers, the internet, etc. (now esp. in the developing world).Cf. telecottage n.
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1984 U. Huws New Homeworkers 19 A large ‘tele-centre’ was planned, with facilities for at least a hundred workers and with the idea that fifteen or so different organisations would rent space there.
1986 Communications Daily (Nexis) 5 Nov. 4 Project calls for preparing plans for telecenters at 2 rural communities to offer user training, financial support and shared use of facilities.
1991 Financial Times 16 Sept. 30/4 With the increasing acceptance of electronic home-workers and telecentres.., there is no reason why small businesses should not settle and prosper in Gwynedd.
1995 Independent 17 May 17 (heading) A report on public libraries yesterday described a vision of information ‘telecentres’ open to all.
2010 D. Osborn Afr. Lang. in Digital Age iii. 20 Where a government or a donor announces a project to establish rural telecentres.., the availability or lack of localised software makes a big difference to..the project and what it can provide.
4. An office staffed and equipped to handle large numbers of telephone calls, esp. one providing the customer services functions of a large organization; = call centre n. at call n. Compounds 2.
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1987 Network World 19 Oct. 17/1 Telecenters..are an increasingly important means of providing sales and service information.
1998 Journal (Newcastle) (Nexis) 19 Feb. 26 British Airways opened a call centre at Newcastle Business Park in the early 90s... There were three main reasons why Newcastle was the first choice for the telecentre.
2005 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 10 Jan. a8/1 Relocation of telecenters erodes customer service... The relocation of telephone service centers to Asia..creates frustration for consumers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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