Telegraphese
[tel-i-gra-feez, -fees, tel-i-gra-feez, -fees] /ˈtɛl ɪ græˌfiz, -ˌfis, ˌtɛl ɪ græˈfiz, -ˈfis/
noun
1.
a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
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adjective 1. of or relating to the telegraph. 2. concise, clipped, or elliptical in style: telegraphic speech. adjective 1. used in or transmitted by telegraphy 2. of or relating to a telegraph 3. having a concise style; clipped: telegraphic speech
- Telegraphically
adjective 1. of or relating to the telegraph. 2. concise, clipped, or elliptical in style: telegraphic speech. adjective 1. used in or transmitted by telegraphy 2. of or relating to a telegraph 3. having a concise style; clipped: telegraphic speech
- Telegraphone
[tuh-leg-ruh-fohn] /təˈlɛg rəˌfoʊn/ noun 1. an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
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noun 1. a tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets. telegraph plant noun 1. a small tropical Asian leguminous shrub, Desmodium gyrans, having small leaflets that turn in various directions during the day and droop at night
- Telegraphy
noun 1. the art or practice of constructing or operating telegraphs. noun 1. a system of telecommunications involving any process providing reproduction at a distance of written, printed, or pictorial matter See also facsimile (sense 2) 2. the skill or process of operating a telegraph communications, history A historical term for communication, either wired or […]