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Morse

Morse

1 6.7
A system using dots and dashes to send letters and numbers
  • noun
  • /mɔrs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : código Morse
  • Maybe with this telegraph key and a morse code setup.
  • Morse code

And then he'd look at his wonderful Morse code and he'd see, OK, that's T OK, that's H OK, that's E.

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Examples

  • So he trains Edison in Morse code and how Telegraph operations work.

  • Yeah, but I still, I still have Morse code in my head.

  • I am going to ask your father if I can teach you morse code.

  • Send them Morse code or something?

  • And then we're going to practice doing SOS in Morse code just in case we got castaway wanted to know this.

  • It was transmitted in Morse as single letters sent to Baxley Park.

  • So that then suggested to us we can use the eye movements to create a form of Morse code signalling from the participant to the experimenter.

  • The pilot used Morse code to communicate with the ground crew during the emergency.

  • In order to send messages across distances, they learned to use Morse code effectively.

  • He transmitted his location using simple Morse code signals of dots and dashes.

Synonyms

Morse code
vsMorse
  • Specialized
15 4.1

A system of dots and dashes used to send letters and numbers as messages

is used more broadly for signaling beyond telegraphy
international Morse code
vsMorse
  • Specialized
5.3

A way to show letters and numbers using dots and dashes

is the general system without implying a specific standardized form

Compounds

Morse code
  • Specialized
15 4.1

A system of dots and dashes used to send letters and numbers as messages

5.3

A way to show letters and numbers using dots and dashes

Surface Forms

Morse singular
Morses plural

Etymology

Morse is named after the American inventor Samuel Morse, who helped create the telegraph and the dot-and-dash way to send messages. So Morse now means the 'code' of 'dots and dashes' used to send messages over long distances.