TELEGRAPHY

telegraph, telegraphy

(noun) apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

telegraphy

(noun) communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

telegraphy (usually uncountable, plural telegraphies)

communication at a distance by means of the telegraph, either over wires or by wireless telegraphy, usually using Morse code

the apparatus and techniques used in such a system

Source: Wiktionary


Te*leg"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. télégraphie.]

Definition: The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 May 2025

CHEMICAL

(adjective) of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; “chemical fertilizer”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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