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mar·co·ni I. \märˈkōnē, mȧˈk-\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Guglielmo Marconi died 1937 Italian electrical engineer and inventor : of or relating to the system of wireless telegraphy invented by Marconi < a Marconi aerial > II. transitive verb (marconied ; marconied ; marconiing ; marconies) : to send (a message) by radiogram III. adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: probably so called from the resemblance of the complex system of struts and stays formerly characteristic of the Bermuda rig to the poles and stays used in wireless telegraphy : of, relating to, or marked by a Bermuda rig < a Marconi mainsail > |