comm

plural comms · alternative abbreviation comm.

1. abbreviationclippingClipping of communication.

   comms line

   2 more examples

   Hand gestures are also essential to Belter communication, as they evolved from the days of wearing space suits with poor comms during the early settler days.

   2016 January 15, Bryan Enk, “Belter Creole 101”, in SYFY

   I didn’t appreciate it yet, but the bike I’d bought was a little too big for me and I wasn’t sitting in the optimal position. One day, a few weeks in, I posted a sitrep: ‘Frustrating day with delays, crazy truck drivers, no room at the inn, comms playing up — but covered over 110km!’

   2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 41

2. abbreviationclippingClipping of commission.
3. abbreviationclippingClipping of committee.
4. abbreviationclippingClipping of commandant.
5. literatureSynonym of commlink.

   My comm was set on silent mode—nothing in or out except emergency transmissions.

   2018, Joseph Kainz, Sector 12 and the Art of Burning, page ix

   Synonyms: commlink

present singular third person comms · participle present comming · participle past commed · past commed · alternative abbreviation comm.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of commission.