telegraph
Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a…Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.
» Do you know who invented the telegraph?
Weißt du, wer den Telegrafen erfunden hat? — MUIRIEL
Вы знаете, кто изобрёл телеграф? — sharptoothed
Ты знаешь, кто изобрёл телеграф? — marafon
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3 senses(uncommon)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)
(historical)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
A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
Examples
23 sentencesDo you know who invented the telegraph?
ruВы знаете, кто изобрёл телеграф? — sharptoothed
deWeißt du, wer den Telegrafen erfunden hat? — MUIRIEL
My parents telegraphed me to come back at once.
ruМои родители прислали мне телеграмму, где сказано сейчас же возвращаться. — Hellerick
Mary received a telegraph from Tom.
ruМэри получила от Тома телеграмму. — marafon
deMaria erhielt ein Telegramm von Tom. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The motorcycle hit the telegraph pole.
deDas Motorrad ist gegen den Telefonmast gefahren. — human600
They telegraphed that everything was all right.
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: telegraphs| Singular | telegraph |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code):telegraphy