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telegraph

te·leg·raph

UK/ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹɑːf/ US/ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹɑːf/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

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verb

1.

send cables, wires, or telegrams

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Origin

Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + -graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”).

Phrases

  • bush telegraph
  • drum telegraph
  • electric telegraph
  • engine order telegraph
  • jungle telegraph
  • magnetic telegraph
  • moccasin telegraph
  • mukluk telegraph

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