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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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