telefuture
telefuture noun: a possible future arising from the use of telecommunications technology.
Noun
telefuture (plural telefutures)
- A possible future arising from the use of telecommunications technology.
- Because of the great uncertainty in future penetration of new services such as video-telephone and Cable TV, the penetrations varied between telefutures by in some cases as much as 100:1. The representative territories were then planned up to 2006, in accordance with each technological strategy...1977, Conference Proceedings on Communications, page 6
- […] telepractice initiatives are often cheaper for disability providers to perform, save parents in travel time and money, and retain the personal element featured in all good therapy. Although explicitly focused on ASD, Casale and colleagues' chapter points the way to a future (a “telefuture”?)...2017, International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities
Forms of telefuture
| plural | telefutures |
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Origin of telefuture
From tele- + future.
Questions about telefuture
- What does telefuture mean?
- Telefuture means a possible future arising from the use of telecommunications technology.
- What part of speech is telefuture?
- Telefuture is a noun.
- What is the plural of telefuture?
- The plural of telefuture is telefutures.
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