wireless telegraph
noun
formerly, a method of sending telegrams by radio signals rather than by wires or cables.
wireless telegraphic
-
a word derived from
wireless telegraph.
Example Sentences
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The installation of a wireless telegraphic station is not necessarily difficult.
From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by L. P. Gratacap
Man is like a wireless telegraphic receiver; he draws only that which corresponds to his nature and character.
From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by George Woodward Warder
The marines get aviation, search-light, wireless, telegraphic, heliograph, and other signal drill.
From The U-boat hunters by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
A wireless telegraphic station had at last been established, and we could confidently expect communication with the outside world at an early date.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson
The other made a little gesture of denial, and went across to the tiny temporary shed where the wireless telegraphic instrument stood.
From Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
