telegraph

Definitions

Commerce

• noun a system of sending messages along wires

Cricket

• noun a scoreboard
  Citation ‘The telegraph is generally about ten feet in height and the upper portion, or face, is provided with grooves into which iron plates of about a foot square are inserted’ (Box 1868)
  Citation ‘Half-past six chimed, and two hundred and fifty went up on the telegraph board’ (P.G.Wodehouse, Mike 1909)

Electronics

• An obsolescent communication system in which a signal code, such as Morse code, is utilized to send messages to remote locations. Such a system usually uses connected wires, but may alternatively utilize radio waves for transmission. Also called telegraph system.
• To transmit a message using a telegraph (1).
• synonymtelegram
• A message sent via telegraph (1). Its abbreviation is tel. Also called telegraph (3).

Media Studies

• verb to send a message to somebody by telegraph

Information & Library Science

• noun a message sent by telegraphy and then printed on to paper and delivered

Nearby Definitions of “telegraph”

• teleconference
• teleconferencing
• telecontrol
• teledetection
• telefax
• telegraph
• telemaintenance
• telemarketing
• telematics
• Telemea
• telemedicine

Contexts for “telegraph”

8 definitions in context
• Commerce
• Cricket
• Electronics
• Media Studies
• Information & Library Science