telegraph line

telegraph line
A wire strung between two locations allowing telegraphic communication between them.

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  • telegraph line — noun the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals • Syn: ↑telephone wire, ↑telephone line, ↑telegraph wire • Hypernyms: ↑wire, ↑conducting wire • Hyponyms: ↑teleph …   Useful english dictionary

  • telegraph line — noun (C) a telegraph wire …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • telegraph line — cable through which telegram messages are sent …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Overland Telegraph Line — noun the first coast to coast telegraphic line in Australia, which connected Darwin, NT, to Adelaide, SA; completed in 1872 with span of 2900 km; established telegraphic communication between Australia and overseas by linking to a submarine cable …  

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  • telegraph — telegrapher /teuh leg reuh feuhr/; esp. Brit., telegraphist, n. /tel i graf , grahf /, n. 1. an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, esp. by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a …   Universalium

  • line — Synonyms and related words: DMZ, Indian file, L, MO, Spenserian stanza, WATS, WATS line, Zeitgeist, abut, accommodation, accompaniment, accord, accordance, aceldama, acknowledgment, acquiescence, acquire, action, activity, adaptation, adaption,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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