telegraphy has definitions from the field of telecommunications
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[ noun ] (telecommunications) communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

Manchester 's unusual interest in telegraphy has often been attributed to the fact that the Rev._J._D._Wickham , headmaster of Burr and Burton_Seminary , was a personal friend and correspondent of the inventor , Samuel_F._B._Morse .

Related terms

telecommunication cable

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

Synonyms

telegraph

Related terms

apparatus cable

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