telegraphy

[ tuh-leg-ruh-fee ]

/ təˈlɛg rə fi /

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noun

the art or practice of constructing or operating telegraphs.

Nearby words

telegraph buoy, telegraph plant, telegraphese, telegraphic, telegraphone, telegraphy, telegu, telehealth, telekinesis, telemachus, telemanipulator

Origin of telegraphy

First recorded in 1785–95; tele-¹ + -graphy

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Examples from the Web for telegraphy

The newspaper column as we kno it is an artifact of telegraphy.
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It is all telegraphy, but it all required an agreed and very limited code, and comparative nearness.
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My grandfather has taught me a lot about telegraphy, he admitted.
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He, like the first, was a specialist in signalling and telegraphy.
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This telegraphy is so imperceptible that it is difficult to describe it, and altogether impossible to detect it.
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There would be no world-wide system of telegraphy if there was no need of world-wide intercommunication.
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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

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