tele-, tel-, telo-, -telic, -telical

(Greek: far away, far off, at a distance)

Don't confuse this tele- with the teleo- unit that means "end, last".


teleostean
teleotherapeutics
telepathic
A reference to the ability to know what is in someone else's mind or to communicate with that person mentally, without using words or other physical signals
telepathically
Relating to communication from one mind to another by extrasensory means; not with spoken words, written words, or any other form of signals.
telepathist
1. Anyone who utilizes extrasensory perception of his, or her, mental activities with another person.
2. Someone who communicates through methods other than the normal senses, as by the exercise of mystical powers.
telepathy
Communication directly from one person's mind to another's without speech, writing, or other signs or symbols.
telepatist
telephanous
Visible from a distance.
telephone, telephoned
1. An apparatus for reproducing sound, especially that of the voice, at a great distance, by means of electricity; consisting, like the electric telegraph, of transmitting and receiving instruments connected by a line or wire which conveys the electric current.
2. An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.

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telephonic
Transmitting, or relating to the transmission of, sound to a distance.
telephonically
1. Of or relating to telephones.
2. Transmitted or conveyed by telephone.
telephoning
The act of using the telephone.
telephonophobia
A abnormal or irrational fear of using the telephone.
telephony
1. The transmission of sound between distant stations, especially by radio or telephone.
2. The technology and manufacture of telephone equipment.
telephoto
Producing a large image of a distant object.

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