a general sense, the act of imparting something to another.

Communication is also used for the connection of one thing with another, or the passage from one place to another: thus a gallery is a communication between two apartments.

Communication of illsoms, in theology, the act of imparting the attributes of one of the natures in Jesus Christ to the other.

Communication of motion, the act whereby a body at rest is put into motion by a moving body; or, it is the acceleration of motion in a body already moving. See Mechanics.

Lines of Communication, in military matters, trenches made to continue and preserve a safe correspondence between two forts or posts; or at a siege, between two approaches, that they may relieve one another.