telegraph
IPA: tˈɛɫʌgræf
noun
- (uncommon) Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.
- (chiefly 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.
- (video games) A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
verb
- To use a telegraph.
- (figurative) To clearly communicate to another nonverbally, whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign, especially unintentionally.
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Examples of "telegraph" in Sentences
- He regularly writes for the Telegraph.
- The telegraph reported the same story.
- The latter made the telegraph feasible.
- In 1872 the telegraph was added to the depot.
- In 1872, the telegraph was added to the depot.
- The telegraphic system of communication was exemplary.
- By the same year, the telegraphic service was inaugurated.
- It was the landfall of the French transatlantic telegraph cables.
- The most notable of these was the early transatlantic telegraph cable.
- Tethers also allowed for the stringing of telegraph wires back to the ground.
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