Definition of telegraph Telegraph

/tɛˈlʌgɹæˌf/ - [telugraf] - tel•e•graph

We found 12 definitions of telegraph from 8 different sources.

What does telegraph mean?

Noun Plural: telegraphs
telegraph - apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
		telegraphy
		apparatus, setup equipment designed to serve a specific function

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telegraph (Noun)
An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.
telegraph (Verb)
To send a message by telegraph.
telegraph (Verb)
To give nonverbal signals to another, as with gestures or a change in attitude.
telegraph (Verb)
To show one's intended action unintentionally.

telegraph (n.)
An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action.
telegraph (v. t.)
To convey or announce by telegraph.

telegraph
tel′e-graf, n. an apparatus for transmitting intelligible messages to a distance, esp. by means of electricity.—v.t. to convey or announce by telegraph.—ns. Tel′egraph-cā′ble, a cable containing wires for transmitting telegraphic messages; Tel′egrapher (or tē-leg′-), Tel′egraphist (or tē-leg′-), one who works a telegraph.—adjs. Telegraph′ic, -al, pertaining to, or communicated by, a telegraph.—adv. Telegraph′ically, in a telegraphic manner: by means of the telegraph.—ns. Tel′egraph-plant, an Indian leguminous plant, the small lateral leaflets of whose trifoliate leaves have a strange, spontaneous motion, jerking up and down (sometimes 180 times in a minute), as if signalling, and also rotate on their axes; Tel′egraphy (or tē-leg′-), the science or art of constructing or using telegraphs. [Gr. tēle at a distance, graphein to write.]

telegraph
To convey intelligence to a distance, through the medium of signals.

Telegraphy (from the Greek words "tele (τηλε)" = far and "graphein (γραφειν)" = write) is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters.

Telegraph sends electric pulses in a special code, composed from short and large marks. Usually Amateur radio operator use Morse code, when signal is to low.