continental code

noun

1. international Morse code.

Word History and Origins

Origin of continental code¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

I can receive the Continental Code by wireless, and play on a violoncello.

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It would be no S O S for help in the Continental code, but in a German code, she was sure.

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Be able to read and send a message in Morse and in Continental Code, twenty letters per minute, or must obtain a certificate for wireless telegraphy.

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Laboriously, falteringly, the grating was cleaved into clumsy dots and dashes of the Continental Code, under the quaking fingers of some obviously frightened and inexperienced operator.

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The General Service Code, given herewith, also called the Continental Code and the International Morse Code, is used by the Army and Navy, and for cabling and wireless telegraphy.

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