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communication network

the patterns of information transmission and exchange that occur in a group or organization, showing who communicates most frequently (and to what extent) with whom. Such networks may be either centralized or decentralized and characterized mainly by downward communication or upward communication. See also channels of communication.

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March 17th 2025

moving-window technique

moving-window technique

in studies of reading, an experimental technique in which the words on a page are covered up except for a limited number that can be viewed through a “window,” which moves forward through the text at a set rate.