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TELEGRAPH KEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does telegraph key mean?
• TELEGRAPH KEY (noun)
The noun TELEGRAPH KEY has 1 sense:
1. key consisting of a lever that sends a telegraph signal when it is depressed and the circuit is closed
Familiarity information: TELEGRAPH KEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Key consisting of a lever that sends a telegraph signal when it is depressed and the circuit is closed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("telegraph key" is a kind of...):
key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)
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