telemeetingn.
/ˈtɛlᵻˌmiːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌmidɪŋ/ 1. U.S. A meeting broadcast on television, a televised meeting. Now rare.
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1956 Broadcasting/Telecasting 28 May 12/2 Last Monday's much-heralded..telemeeting between Sen. Estes Kefauver..and ex-Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson.
1963 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 14 Aug. (Back to School section) A weekly ‘in-service telemeeting’ series,..conducted on television rather than in a meeting hall.
2. A meeting or conference at which people in different locations participate by means of telecommunications technology; = teleconference n.
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society > communication > telecommunication > conferencing > [noun] > conference
teleconference1929
telecon1945
videoconference1970
video teleconference1970
telemeeting1973
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > a conference > particular types of
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telemeeting1973
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START1981
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1973 I. de S. Pool & H. E. Alexander in I. de S. Pool Talking Back v. 94 Inexpensive CATV offers an opportunity to bring people together in front of their respective screens at the functional equivalent of a meeting... One problem is that the success of small telemeetings requires at least enough feedback to establish that the audience is there.
1982 Admin. Managem. Oct. 42/3 For a New York to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., telemeeting, total costs would be $94.60.
1987 Economist 1 Aug. 80/1 Glaxo held an international tele-meeting via satellite.
2001 Red Herring Nov. 18/2 Watching a colleague on a screen is not like being in the same room, which makes telemeetings poorly suited for any topic with emotional content.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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