telegraphy

/ti'legrəfi/

Thân thiện

The operator sends a message using telegraphy.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The technology or process of communicating at a distance by transmitting and receiving coded electrical signals over a wire: "Telegraphy" refers to the system, method, or practice of sending messages over long distances using electrical impulses, historically often encoded in Morse code.
   • The apparatus or equipment used for such communication: "Telegraphy" can also denote the physical devices and infrastructure (like keys, sounders, and wires) that make this form of communication possible.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The invention of telegraphy revolutionized long-distance communication in the 19th century.
  • He studied the history of wireless telegraphy used on ships.
  • Skilled operators were essential for effective telegraphy.

Advanced Usage

• "Wireless telegraphy": An early term for radio communication, referring to telegraphy that does not use connecting wires.
  • Marconi is famous for his pioneering work in wireless telegraphy.

Variants and Related Words

• Telegraph (n): The specific device or system for sending telegraphic messages.
  • They sent a message via the telegraph.
• Telegraph (v): To send a message by telegraph.
  • They telegraphed the news immediately.
• Telegrapher/Telegraphist (n): A person who operates a telegraph.
  • The telegrapher decoded the incoming message.

Synonyms

• Wire communication: Communication via electrical signals over a wire.
• Morse code signaling: Specifically refers to telegraphy using the Morse code system.

Related Phrases

• "The age of telegraphy": A historical period characterized by the dominance of this communication technology.
  • In the age of telegraphy, news traveled faster than ever before.

Học thuật

Noun

1. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
2. communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire

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