Definition of telegraph

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Telegraph (n.) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action..

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Heliograph :: Heliograph (n.) An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays. See Heliotrope, 3..
Recording :: Recording (a.) Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph..
Repeater :: Repeater (n.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.
Telegraph :: Telegraph (v. t.) To convey or announce by telegraph.
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) A message transmitted by telegraph.
Cable :: Cable (v. t. & i.) To telegraph by a submarine cabl.
Telegraphy :: Telegraphy (n.) The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy..
Cable :: Cable (n.) A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable..
Telegraphed :: Telegraphed (imp. & p. p.) of Telegrap.
Sounder :: Sounder (n.) One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound..
Semaphorical :: Semaphorical (a.) Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic..
Relay :: Relay (n.) In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing..
Cablegram :: Cablegram (n.) A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.
Morse Alphabet :: Morse alphabet () A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals between them..
Telegraphist :: Telegraphist (n.) One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.
Register :: Register (n.) The part of a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message received.
Subworker :: Subway (n.) An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted..
Telegraphical :: Telegraphical (a.) Telegraphic.
Learning :: Learning (n.) The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy..
Wire :: Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message.
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