telegraphy
Americannoun
noun
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a system of telecommunications involving any process providing reproduction at a distance of written, printed, or pictorial matter See also facsimile
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the skill or process of operating a telegraph
Etymology
Origin of telegraphy
Example Sentences
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Over the next decade, Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian aristocrat, developed a practical system of wireless telegraphy using radio waves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
But the language didn't go very far in anticipating the more immediately problematic aspects of telegraphy, including the way it hastened the spread of misinformation, information overload, and many forms of imperialism.
From Salon ● May 30, 2023
Regarded as the "father of radio", Marconi was a joint-winner of the Nobel prize for his work with "wireless telegraphy", which included discoveries that allowed messages to be sent via radio waves.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
“The wonder of our time, electrical telegraphy, was long ago modeled in the animal,” du Bois-Reymond said in an 1851 speech.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 9, 2022
Wireless telegraphy, as radio was then called, required equipment that was too heavy and cumbersome to be carried into battle.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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