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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Telegraphy was nearly instantaneous, but it required skilled operators at each end of the line to encode and decode the message, effectively slowing transmission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The Daily Telegraphy reported he was given $150 million to sign.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022
Telegraphy taps out the news that the author of “War and Peace” is dying, and reporters descend on the town.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2018
However, the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 forbids the "use of any apparatus, whether or not wireless telegraphy apparatus, for the purpose of interfering with any wireless telegraphy" anywhere within the UK.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2011
Telegraphy is generally learned at some business college, or some school which makes a specialty of teaching it.
From Work for Women by Manson, George J.
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