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wireless telegraphy

noun

Definition of wireless telegraphy

: telegraphy carried on by radio waves and without connecting wires

— called also wireless telegraph

Examples of wireless telegraphy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 One Japanese Communications Officer Changed the World Forever In the run-up to World War II, wireless telegraphy was the most effective and efficient way for far-away nations to communicate. — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, "Pearl Harbor Still Holds a Few Mysteries," 7 Dec. 2018 Columbus may have been daring to cross an ocean four centuries before the invention of wireless telegraphy, but his ideas about conquering land and people were reprehensible and immoral. — Julie Scelfo, Glamour, "I’m Helping Lead Today’s Columbus Day Parade—And Hoping It’s the Last One Ever," 9 Oct. 2017

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First Known Use of wireless telegraphy

1898, in the meaning defined above

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