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noun (n)

• communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  telegraph
  

  source: wordnet30
• The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.(noun)

  source: webster1913