Meanings
plural wireless telegraphies
- historicaluncountableusuallycommunicationsTelegraphy by radio rather than by transmission cables.
This most conspicuous triumph of Mr. Marconi's invention is peculiarly gratifying to The Times, which has long made liberal use of wireless telegraphy in its European news service.
1909 January 26, “The Triumph of Wireless Telegraphy”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: radiotelegraphy, WT
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTelegraphy by radio rather than by transmission cables.
More synonyms by meaning
nountelegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
nounthe use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan telegrafia sense fils
- telegrafia sense filstelegraphy by radio
French télégraphie sans fil
- télégraphie sans filtelegraphy by radio
German Funkentelegraphie
- Funkentelegraphietelegraphy by radio
Spanish telegrafía sin hilos
- telegrafía sin hilostelegraphy by radio
Cite this entry
wireless telegraphy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wireless%20telegraphy
“wireless telegraphy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wireless%20telegraphy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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