telegraphy

The newspaper column as we kno it is an artifact of telegraphy.
Happy Birthday, Twitter!|David Frum|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Then again, there was the question of wireless telegraphy, which had already come into force on board of these passenger ships.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic'|British Government
(a) What installations for receiving and transmitting messages by wireless telegraphy were on board the Titanic?
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic'|British Government
It was he who invented the great system of wireless telegraphy which is now used in nearly all big ships.
Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill

It is all telegraphy, but it all required an agreed and very limited code, and comparative nearness.
Steam Steel and Electricity|James W. Steele
With a wire, a battery and Vail's alphabet, telegraphy is entirely possible without any other appliances.
Steam Steel and Electricity|James W. Steele

British Dictionary definitions for telegraphy

telegraphy

/ (tɪˈlɛɡrəfɪ) /

noun

a system of telecommunications involving any process providing reproduction at a distance of written, printed, or pictorial matterSee also facsimile (def. 2)

the skill or process of operating a telegraph

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

telegraphy

Origin of telegraphy

Words nearby telegraphy

Words related to telegraphy

How to use telegraphy in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for telegraphy