telegraph-like

adjective

Having the characteristics of a telegraph.

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Meanings

adjectivetelegraph-like (comparative more telegraph-like, superlative most telegraph-like)

comparative more telegraph-like · superlative most telegraph-like · alternative telegraphlike

  1. Having the characteristics of a telegraph.

    There have also been historic examples of space weather interfering with the telegraph-like technology used for railway signalling control systems.

    2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30

Origin

From telegraph + -like.

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