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Dictionary: tele-
or tel-
pref.
  1. Distance; distant: telesthesia.
    1. Telegraph; telephone: telegram.
    2. Television: telecast.

[Greek tēle-, from tēle, far off.]


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("long distance") Operations performed remotely or by telephone. The "tele" prefix is used to designate many technologies such as telecommunications and teleconferencing.

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Medical Dictionary: tele–
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Distance; distant: teletherapy.

Translations: Tele-
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Dansk (Danish)
pref. - tele-

Français (French)
pref. - télé (dans les composés)

Deutsch (German)
pref. - Tele...

Ελληνική (Greek)
pref. - τηλε-

Español (Spanish)
pref. - tele

Svenska (Swedish)
pref. - tele-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
电视, 远距离, 电传

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
pref. - 電視, 遠距離, 電傳

한국어 (Korean)
pref. - 원거리의, 전신의 뜻의 결합사

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(بادئه الكلم- ه) الأتصال عن طريق التلفون او التلفزيون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
pref. - ‮(תחילית) במרחק רב, פועל מעבר למרחק רב, נעשה באמצעות הטלפון‬


 
 
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