MEANING
Technology-mediated participation in a distant place with a strong sense of being present there.
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- robotic telepresence
- telepresence system
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Telepresence let the surgeon inspect the distant clinic.
The pilot’s telepresence system relayed a view from the robot.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular telepresence; plural telepresences. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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