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(uncommon) Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.

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Source Word

telegraph

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/

Noun

uncommon historical

(uncommon) Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.

Japanese Meaning

遠距離間で符号を用いて長文を送信するプロセス、すなわち電信（電報）通信を指す。

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In his essay, he used the word telegraph to refer to the abstract process of transmitting arbitrarily long messages across great distances by means of a symbolic code.

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彼は論文で、「電信」という語を、符号を用いて任意の長さのメッセージを遠距離にわたって伝送する抽象的な過程を指すものとして用いた。

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(uncommon) Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.

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(chiefly historical) The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.

The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.

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