Webster's English Dictionary

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communication

com.mu.ni.ca.tion \k*-.myu:-n*-'ka--sh*n\ n 1: an act or instance of 
   transmitting  2a: information communicated  2b: a verbal or written message 
    3: an exchange of information  pl  4a: a system (as of telephones) for 
   communicating  4b: a system of routes for moving troops, supplies, and 
   vehicles  4c: personnel engaged in communicating  5: a process by which 
   meanings are exchanged between individuals through a  common system of 
   symbols pl but sing or pl in constr  6a: a technique for expressing ideas 
   effectively in speech or writing or th rough the arts 6b: the technology of 
   the transmission of information