wireless telegraphyn.
/ˌwʌɪələs tᵻˈlɛɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌwaɪ(ə)rləs təˈlɛɡrəfi/ Now historical.
Telegraphy in which the signal is transmitted by radio waves rather than over wires; = radio-telegraphy n.
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1897 Sat. Evening Tel. (Alton, Illinois) 10 Apr. As yet wireless telegraphy is in its infancy that will grow, however, and one day in the coming century the infant may become a giant.
1906 S. R. Bottone tr. D. Mazzotto Wireless Telegr. & Telephony xi. 390 After the discovery of wireless telegraphy..many attempts were made to apply the same principle to telephony.
1935 C. J. Smith Intermediate Physics (ed. 2) v. xxxv. 577 Wider knowledge has made possible wireless telegraphy where the transmitting medium appears to be space.
1958 A. Marshack World in Space vi. 102 Soon invisible waves were being created in laboratories by the flashing of tiny electric sparks, each so rapid it sent out a single ‘wave’. Wireless telegraphy, radio and television were on their way.
1960 Pract. Wireless 36 403/1 This station, which was built by Guglielmo Marconi, was the first to span the Atlantic with wireless telegraphy.
2004 Ireland's Own (St. Patrick's Day Ann.) 12 Mar. 42/1 Thanks to the modern invention of wireless telegraphy, the Titanic was able to flash messages over the ocean asking for help.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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