telegraphy
Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a…Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a code, especially by means of electrified wires or radio waves using Morse code.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a code, especially by means of electrified wires or radio waves using Morse code.
Telegraphie
телеграфи́яtelegrafíja
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
(uncountable, usually)The science and techniques used to enact this process.
(uncountable, usually)The devices and networks used to enact this process.
Translations
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Origin
From telegraph + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns), q.v., equivalent to tele- (“far, distFrom telegraph + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns), q.v., equivalent to tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + -graphy (“writings on a subject, area of study, etc.”).
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Forms
plural: telegraphies| Singular | telegraphy |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonyms- apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code):telegraph
Word family
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