wireless telegraph

American  

[wahyuhr-lis tel-i-graf] / ˈwaɪər lɪs ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf /

noun

plural

wireless telegraphs

1. formerly, a method of sending telegrams by radio signals rather than by wires or cables.

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Other Word Forms

• wireless telegrapher noun
• wireless telegraphic adjective
• wireless telegraphist noun
• wireless telegraphy noun

Example Sentences

The Marconi room holds the ship’s radio - a Marconi wireless telegraph machine - which broadcast the Titanic’s increasingly frantic distress signals after the ocean liner hit an iceberg.

From Washington Times

The Marconi room holds the ship’s radio — a Marconi wireless telegraph machine — which broadcast the Titanic’s increasingly frantic distress signals after the ocean liner hit an iceberg.

From Seattle Times

Known in 1912 as a Marconi wireless telegraph machine, the radio sent distress calls to nearby ships that helped save 700 people in lifeboats.

From Seattle Times

The company, RMS Titanic Inc., wants to exhibit the ship’s Marconi wireless telegraph machine.

From Seattle Times

Salvage company RMS Titanic Inc.’s plan to retrieve the Marconi wireless telegraph has sparked controversy, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration among those who have fiercely opposed the mission.

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