NOUN | communication | Morse, Morse code, international Morse code | a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) |
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person | Morse, Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse | United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872) |
Sounds | mao'rs | |
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Rhymes | airforce ... workhorse: 29 rhymes with aors... |
Meaning | A telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals). | |
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Synonyms | Morse code, international Morse code | |
Parts | dash, dah | The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code |
dot, dit | The shorter / shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code | |
Broader | code | A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy |
Spanish | código morse, código Morse, morse | |
Catalan | codi morse, morse |
Meaning | United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872). | |
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Synonyms | Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse | |
Instance of | inventor, discoverer, artificer | someone who is the first to think of or make something |
painter | An artist who paints / paints | |
Spanish | Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Samuel Morse | |
Catalan | Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Samuel Morse |
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