Значение

значений: 3
  1. (нечастое)Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.

    This strict sense of telegraph developed from French usage for Napoleon's overland semaphore network but rather arbitrarily excludes similar Chinese and other signalling networks.

    apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

  2. (историческое)The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.

    The first message transmitted by telegraph in the United States was WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT.

    Telegraph, Telegraf

    телегра́фtelegráf

    телегра́фtelehráf

  3. A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.

Примеры

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  1. Do you know who invented the telegraph?

    Вы знаете, кто изобрёл телеграф?

    deWeißt du, wer den Telegrafen erfunden hat?

  2. My parents telegraphed me to come back at once.

    Мои родители прислали мне телеграмму, где сказано сейчас же возвращаться.

  3. Mary received a telegraph from Tom.

    Мэри получила от Тома телеграмму.

    deMaria erhielt ein Telegramm von Tom.

  4. I carelessly ran into the telegraph pole.

    Из-за невнимательности я врезался в телеграфный столб на бегу.

  5. The squirrel climbed all the way to the top of the telegraph pole.

    Белка взобралась на самую вершину телеграфного столба.

    deDas Eichhörnchen kletterte bis ganz nach oben auf den Telegraphenmast.

Переводы

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Происхождение

Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + -graph (“writing”)

Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + -graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”).

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