telegraph
/ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/ sustantivo C1En español: telégrafo
- Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.
- The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.
- A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
Plural telegraphs
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“By the telegraph, sire.” Louis XVIII.
“To fall,” continued King Louis, who at the first glance had sounded the abyss on which the monarchy hung suspended,—“to fall, and learn of that fall by telegraph!
Well, then, see, here is a gentleman who had none of these resources at his disposal—a gentleman, only a simple magistrate, who learned more than you with all your police, and who would have saved my crown, if, like you, he had the power of directing a telegraph.” The look of the minister of police was turned with concentrated spite on Villefort, who bent his head in modest triumph.
Will you not telegraph again?”
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