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   telegraph

   /ˈtɛlɪɡrɑːf/

   noun

   • 1. a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection: "news came from the outside world by telegraph"
   • ▪ a device for transmitting messages by telegraph.
   • 2. a board displaying scores or other information at a sports match or race meeting.

   verb

   • 1. send (someone) a message by telegraph: "I must go and telegraph Mama"
   • ▪ send (a message) by telegraph: "she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine"
   • ▪ convey (an intentional or unconscious message), especially with facial expression or body language: "a tiny movement of her arm telegraphed her intention to strike"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French télégraphe, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + -graphe (see -graph).

   Derivatives

   • 1. telegrapher noun

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   an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.

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   A telegraph is a device or system that transmits and receives messages or signals over a distance, usually by electric impulses. Learn how to use the word telegraph as a noun, verb, or adjective, and see synonyms, translations, and related terms.

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   A telegraph is a method of sending messages over long distances, using wires that carry electrical signals. Learn how to pronounce telegraph, see pictures and example sentences, and find synonyms and related words.

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   It uses an electric signal broken to create a code that then transmits over a wire and translates into a message. Alexander Graham Bell started tinkering with the telegraph and ended up inventing the first "harmonic telegraph" to transmit sound through a wire — which led to the birth of the modern telephone.