Associations to the word «Telegraphy»

Wiktionary

TELEGRAPHY, noun. Communication at a distance by means of the telegraph, either over wires or by wireless telegraphy, usually using Morse code
TELEGRAPHY, noun. The apparatus and techniques used in such a system

Dictionary definition

TELEGRAPHY, noun. Communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire.
TELEGRAPHY, noun. Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats