WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wireless telegraphy mean? 

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

1. telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire

2. the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code)

  Familiarity information: WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

radiotelegraph; radiotelegraphy; wireless telegraphy

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

wireless (transmission by radio waves)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

radiotelegraph; radiotelegraphy; wireless telegraph; wireless telegraphy

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

radio; wireless (a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves)