wireless telegraphy

noun

1. Now Rare.,  radiotelegraphy.

wireless telegraphy

noun

1. another name for radiotelegraphy

Other Word Forms

• wireless telegraph noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wireless telegraphy¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

"In Blackwood it might have been thought of as black magic, but to those who knew and understood, wireless telegraphy was the internet of its day."

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Regarded as the "father of radio", Marconi was a joint-winner of the Nobel prize for his work with "wireless telegraphy", which included discoveries that allowed messages to be sent via radio waves.

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In the late 1890s, as Guglielmo Marconi and Nikola Tesla were investigating wireless telegraphy, theoreticians puzzled about the propagation of radio waves.

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Across miles of choppy, fog-choked seas, the boat’s message was relayed through wireless telegraphy.

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So, he affixed an antenna to the top in 1898, so that people could conduct experiments in wireless telegraphy.

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