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telegraphy

/tuh-leg-ruh-fee/US // təˈlɛg rə fi //UK // (tɪˈlɛɡrəfɪ) //

电报,电报业,电传,电讯

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the art or practice of constructing or operating telegraphs.

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Examples

  • The newspaper column as we kno it is an artifact of telegraphy.

  • Then again, there was the question of wireless telegraphy, which had already come into force on board of these passenger ships.

  • (a) What installations for receiving and transmitting messages by wireless telegraphy were on board the Titanic?

  • It was he who invented the great system of wireless telegraphy which is now used in nearly all big ships.

  • It is all telegraphy, but it all required an agreed and very limited code, and comparative nearness.

  • With a wire, a battery and Vail's alphabet, telegraphy is entirely possible without any other appliances.