telegraphy

[ tuh-leg-ruh-fee ]

noun

1. the art or practice of constructing or operating telegraphs.

telegraphy

/ tɪˈlɛɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. a system of telecommunications involving any process providing reproduction at a distance of written, printed, or pictorial matter See also facsimile
2. the skill or process of operating a telegraph

Word History and Origins

Origin of telegraphy¹

First recorded in 1785–95; tele- ¹ + -graphy

Example Sentences

The newspaper column as we kno it is an artifact of telegraphy.

From The Daily Beast

Then again, there was the question of wireless telegraphy, which had already come into force on board of these passenger ships.

From Project Gutenberg

(a) What installations for receiving and transmitting messages by wireless telegraphy were on board the Titanic?

From Project Gutenberg

It was he who invented the great system of wireless telegraphy which is now used in nearly all big ships.

From Project Gutenberg

It is all telegraphy, but it all required an agreed and very limited code, and comparative nearness.

From Project Gutenberg

With a wire, a battery and Vail's alphabet, telegraphy is entirely possible without any other appliances.

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Related Words

• transmission
• wireless