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teleconnection
nounC1
/ˌtɛlɪkəˈnɛkʃ(ə)n/A link or relationship between climatic or other phenomena occurring in widely separated geographical regions.
teleconverter
nounLow
/ˈtɛlɪkənˌvɜːtə/A photographic lens accessory that fits between a camera body and a standard lens to increase its effective focal length.
telecottage
nounVery low
/ˈtɛlɪˌkɒtɪdʒ/A building in a rural area equipped with computers, internet, and telecommunication technologies, historically to allow people to work remotely.
telecourse
nounLow
/ˈtɛlɪkɔːs/A course of study delivered via television broadcasts, typically for distance learning.
telediagnosis
nounLow
/ˌtɛlɪdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/The process of diagnosing a patient's condition from a distance, using telecommunications technology.
teledrama
nounLow/Medium
/ˈtɛlɪˌdrɑːmə/A television programme, typically fictional, that tells a continuous story over multiple episodes.
teledu
nounRare / Obscure (C2 level vocabulary, primarily encountered in zoological contexts or trivia).
/ˈtɛlɪduː/A small, nocturnal, badger-like mammal native to Southeast Asia, specifically the islands of Java, Sumatra and Borneo, known for its pungent defensive secretion.
telefacsimile
nounLow
/ˌtɛlɪfækˈsɪmɪli/A system for transmitting documents electronically over long distances.
telefeature
nounLow
/ˈtɛlɪˌfiːtʃə/A feature-length film produced specifically for television broadcast.
teleferic
nounC1/C2 (Low-Frequency Technical/Specific Term)
/ˌtɛlɪˈfɛrɪk/A system of transportation using cable cars or cabins suspended from a cable, often used for transporting people or materials across difficult terrain.
teleferique
nounLow
/ˌtɛl.əˈfɛr.ɪk/A passenger cable car system, typically used to transport people up and down mountains or across steep valleys.
telefilm
nounLow
/ˈtɛlɪfɪlm/A film produced for and originally shown on television.
telega
nounLow (Specialist/Historical)
/tɛˈleɪɡə/A simple, four-wheeled horse-drawn cart or wagon, typically with a flat wooden platform and no sides, used historically in rural Russia and Eastern Europe for transporting goods.
telegnosis
nounExtremely Rare / Obscure
/ˌtɛlɪɡˈnəʊsɪs/The supposed faculty of obtaining knowledge or information from a distant source, beyond the reach of the ordinary senses, often associated with psychic phenomena.
telegonus
nounObscure
/tɪˈlɛɡənəs/In Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Circe.
telegony
nounExtremely Rare / Obsolete
/tɪˈlɛɡəni/A largely discredited biological theory that a female's offspring can inherit characteristics from a previous mate.
telegram
nounverb-ambitransitivelow
/ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡræm/A message sent by telegraph, typically printed on paper and delivered physically.
telegraph
nounverbverb-intransitive+1B2
/ˈtɛlɪɡrɑːf/A system for transmitting messages over a distance using coded signals (especially electrical impulses), historically a landmark communication technology.
telegraph buoy
nounVery Low
/ˈtɛlɪɡrɑːf bɔɪ/A buoy used to mark the underwater position of a submarine telegraph cable, often to warn ships not to anchor there and potentially damage the cable.
telegraph plant
nounRare
/ˈtɛlɪɡrɑːf plɑːnt/A tropical plant (Codariocalyx motorius, formerly Desmodium gyrans) whose leaves exhibit rapid, jerky movements.

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