telegraph

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Synonyms: telegram, telegraphy, telegrams, telegraphs, melograph, telegraaf, telegraf

Antonyms: telegram, telegraphy, telegrams, telegraphs, melograph, telegraaf, telegraf

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Noun

{{lb|en|uncommon}} {{syn of|en|telegraphy}}, [[any]] [[process]] for [[transmit]]ting [[arbitrarily]] [[long]] [[message]]s over a [[long]] [[distance]] [[using]] a [[symbolic]] [[code]].
{{lb|en|chiefly|_|historical}} The [[electrical]] [[device]] [[gradually]] [[develop]]ed in the [[early]] {{w|19th century}} to [[transmit]] [[message]]s ({{m|en|[[telegram]]s}}) [[using]] [[Morse code]]; the [[entire]] [[system]] [[used]] to [[transmit]] [[its]] [[message]]s [[including]] [[overhead line]]s and [[transoceanic]] [[cable]]s.
{{lb|en|video games}} A [[visible]] or [[audible]] [[cue]] that [[indicate]]s to an [[opponent]] the [[action]] that a [[character]] is [[about to]] [[take]].

To [[use]] a [[telegraph#Noun|telegraph]]; to send a message by telegraph.
{{lb|en|figurative}} To clearly [[communicate]] to another [[nonverbally]] (whether by [[gesture]], a change in [[attitude]], or any other [[sign]]), and especially unintentionally.

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