What does "morse code" mean?

A character code represented by dots and dashes (or short and long pulses), originally used to send messages by telegraph, later by flashes of light or by radio.

What is a synonym for "morse code"?

Common synonyms include: coded, dot-dash compatible, dot-dash encoded, emit morse, encode, encoded.

Morse code

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A character code represented by dots and dashes (or short and long pulses), originally used to send messages by telegraph, later by flashes of light or by radio.
2
a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

coded dot-dash compatible dot-dash encoded emit morse encode encoded

Antonyms

All antonyms

constant length code decode decode morse fixed length code

Etymology

Named for its inventor, Samuel Morse.

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