- telegraph signals
- Samuel B Morse
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telegraph — UK US /ˈtelɪgrɑːf/ noun [U] ► COMMUNICATIONS in the past, the method of sending or receiving messages by electrical or radio signals telegraph verb [I or T] ► »They had telegraphed to say that they had arrived … Financial and business terms
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