telegraph
[ tel-i-graf, -grahf ]
/ ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /
noun
an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
Nautical.
an apparatus, usually mechanical, for transmitting and receiving orders between the bridge of a ship and the engine room or some other part of the engineering department.
a telegraphic message.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to send a message by telegraph.
Origin of telegraph
OTHER WORDS FROM telegraph
te·leg·ra·pher [tuh-leg-ruh-fer] /təˈlɛg rə fər/; especially British, te·leg·ra·phist, noun pre·tel·e·graph, adjective re·tel·e·graph, verb un·tel·e·graphed, adjectiveWords nearby telegraph
telegenic,
telegnosis,
telegonus,
telegony,
telegram,
telegraph,
telegraph buoy,
telegraph plant,
telegraphese,
telegraphic,
telegraphone
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British Dictionary definitions for telegraph
telegraph
/ (ˈtɛlɪˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf) /
noun
- a device, system, or process by which information can be transmitted over a distance, esp using radio signals or coded electrical signals sent along a transmission line connected to a transmitting and a receiving instrument
- (as modifier)telegraph pole
a message transmitted by such a device, system, or process; telegram
verb
Derived forms of telegraph
telegraphist (tɪˈlɛɡrəfɪst) or telegrapher, nounScientific definitions for telegraph
telegraph
[ tĕl′ĭ-grăf′ ]
A communications system in which a message in the form of short, rapid electric impulses is sent, either by wire or radio, to a receiving station. Morse code is often used to encode messages in a form that is easily transmitted through electric impulses.