Telegraphy

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  • noun. Communication by means of the telegraph.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The art or practice of communicating intelligence by a telegraph; the science or art of constructing or managing telegraphs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. communication at a distance by means of the telegraph, either over wires or by wireless telegraphy, usually using Morse code
  • noun. the apparatus and techniques used in such a system
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
  • noun. communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire
  • Word Usage
    "One great difficulty was that of recruiting radio operators owing to the fact that wireless telegraphy is very little used in the commercial air services over here, which operate by means of the radio ranges, and radio telephony when within range of the control towers of the airfields."
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