ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Definition: ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

1. A telegraph in which an operator at one station causes words or signs to be made at another by means of a current of electricity, generated by a battery and transmitted over an intervening wire.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

English words defined with "ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH": Electro-telegraphic, Electro-telegraphy ♦ Printing telegraph ♦ Telotype. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH": frequency channel ♦ line-and-frame poler ♦ POLE FRAMER ♦ telephoto operator ♦ WIRE-PHOTO OPERATOR, NEWS. (references)

Commercial Usage: ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Domain	Title
Books	Cooke and Wheatstone and the Invention of the Electric Telegraph (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

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Modern Translations: ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Language		Translations for "ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		elektrisk telegraf. (various references)

Dutch		elektrische scheepstelegraaf. (various references)

French		transmetteur d'ordres électrique. (various references)

German		elektrischer Telegraf, elektrischer Geber. (various references)

Greek		ηλεκτρικός τηλέγραφος. (various references)

Italian		telegrafo elettrico. (various references)

Pig Latin		electricay elegraphtay.(various references)

Spanish		transmisor eléctrico de órdenes. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.