Not long ago Mr. Marconi invented a telegraphic instrument based upon his discovery that the magnetic hysteresis of iron can be annulled by electric oscillations.
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Telegraphic
Synonyms for "telegraphic" (6 found)
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Translations
23 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَرْقِيّ adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
Armenian
2 entries- հեռագրական adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
- հեռագրային adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
Catalan
2 entries- telegràfic adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
- telegràfic adj (brief or concise, resembling a telegram)
Czech
1 entries- telegrafní adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
French
1 entries- télégraphique adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
Galician
2 entries- telegráfico adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
- telegráfico adj (brief or concise, resembling a telegram)
German
3 entries- im Telegrammstil adj (brief or concise, resembling a telegram)
- telegrafisch adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
- telegraphisch adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
Italian
1 entries- telegrafico adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- telegrafisk adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- telegrafisk adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
Polish
2 entries- telegraficzny adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
- telegraficzny adj (brief or concise, resembling a telegram)
Portuguese
2 entries- telegráfico adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
- telegráfico adj (brief or concise, resembling a telegram)
Russian
1 entries- телегра́фный adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
Spanish
2 entries- telegráfico adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
- telegráfico adj (brief or concise, resembling a telegram)
Ukrainian
1 entries- телегра́фний adj (of, or relating to the telegraph)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
It turned out to be no more than the weekly Reuter’s telegram sent as an ordinary letter from the nearest telegraphic office fifty miles away.
Source: wiktionary
Her conversation, I soon found, was couched in the telegraphic style. “Weeds grow like house afire. Can’t keep even with ’em. Shall press you in. Better be careful.”
Source: wiktionary
This section is based on […] I am presenting the facts in a telegraphic fashion; for the sources, discussion and disagreements see the five scholars I listed.
Source: wiktionary
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