Morse Hear it!

Morse¹ Definition

Morse (môrs)

adjective

designating or of a code, or alphabet, consisting of a system of dots and dashes, or short and long sounds or flashes, used to represent letters, numerals, etc. in telegraphy, signaling, and the like: the international (or continental) code was adapted from the original

Etymology: after Samuel F(inley) B(reese) Morse

noun

the Morse code

Morse² Definition

Morse (môrs)

Morse, Samuel F(inley) B(reese) 1791-1872; U.S. artist & inventor of the telegraph

Morse Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • send: Several companies made small spark-gap transmitter unit to send morse up to a 200 feet range for such experimenters.
  • receive: The job was receiving morse and receiving morse only.

Modifies a noun

  • code: Messages in morse code were being tapped out on the steel pipes running along the ship.
  • key: New entrants realized that there was not a morse key in sight.
  • message: The music for the Inspector Morse TV series is composed around a morse code message of his name.
  • signal: Morse a message Enter some text you would like to have translated into blinking morse code signals.
  • character: Pauses would occur during playback of the morse characters.
  • operator: Earlier this century morse code operators experienced similar disorders.