Telegraph Definition

tĕlĭ-grăf
telegraphed, telegraphing, telegraphs
noun
telegraphs
Any signaling apparatus.
Webster's New World
An apparatus or system that converts a coded message into electric impulses and sends it to a distant receiver: originally, Morse code signals were sent using a key that opened and closed the circuit to activate an electromagnetic sounder, but now teletypewriters, computers, radio and microwave signals, satellites, and lasers are used.
Webster's New World
A message transmitted by telegraph; a telegram.
American Heritage

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

Wiktionary
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verb
telegraphed, telegraphing, telegraphs
To send (a message) by telegraph.
Webster's New World
To send a telegram.
Webster's New World
To make known (a feeling or an attitude, for example) by nonverbal means.
Telegraphed her derision with a smirk.
American Heritage
To send a telegram to.
Webster's New World
To signal (an intended action, decision, etc.) unintentionally to another, as by a gesture or look.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Telegraph

  • From French télégraphe.

    From Wiktionary

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