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Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.

Telegraphic. -- Tel`e*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.

Of or pertaining to radiotelegraphy; employing, or used or employed in, radiotelegraphy.

ed with some protecting, or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.

A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.

every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness. Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.

suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.

The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.

rd. -- Local battery (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for the line. -- Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery. -- Local color. (a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not…

A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), -... (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), ... (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less inte…

The telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces, invented by Samuel B. Morse. The Alphabetic code which is in use in North America is given below. In length, or duration, one dash is theoretically equal to three dots; the space between the elements of a letter is equal to one dot; the interval in spaced le…

A radiotelegraphic station serving solely for determining the position of ships. The radius of operation of such stations was restricted by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention (1912) to 30 nautical miles.

electrical (Hertzian) waves; wireless telegraphy; -- the term adopted for use by the Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912.

Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.

e letters signified by the signal ( . . . ---. . . ) prescribed by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912 for use by ships in distress.

An instrument for telegraphically transmitting and receiving handwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light from a mirror.

A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.

An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, ralay, equilibrator, and an induction coil the sparks from which perforate a paper with tiny…