TELEGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telegraphy mean? 

• TELEGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun TELEGRAPHY has 2 senses:

1. communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire

2. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

  Familiarity information: TELEGRAPHY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("telegraphy" is a kind of...):

telecom; telecommunication ((often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically)

Domain member category:

cable; telegraph; wire (send cables, wires, or telegrams)

Derivation:

telegrapher; telegraphist (someone who transmits messages by telegraph)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

telegraph; telegraphy

Hypernyms ("telegraphy" is a kind of...):

apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)

Derivation:

telegrapher; telegraphist (someone who transmits messages by telegraph)