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Marconi

Marconi

8 7.4
An Italian inventor who developed wireless communication and sent the first radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean
  • proper noun
  • /mɑrˈkoʊni/
: Guglielmo Marconi
  • At the inquiry into the Titanic disaster, presided over by Rufus Isaacs, who was still the attorney general at that time, Marconi wireless technology was pronounced the saver of many lives.
  • Guglielmo Marconi
  • Marconi's Wireless
  • Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company

When we look at the great minds of physicists, people like Tesla or Marconi and so on, people who, for instance, built the first radio.

Examples

  • Guglielmo Marconi supported his managing director throughout the Marconi scandal; they seem to have been very close colleagues.

    Academic text (2003)

  • 1901, Marconi transmits a radio signal across the Atlantic 27 57.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Everyone knows the important role that the Marconi Wireless played that night.

    Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)

  • When we look at the great minds of physicists, people like Tesla or Marconi and so on, people who, for instance, built the first radio.

    Robinson Erhardt

  • His brother Godfrey became managing director of the Marconi Telegraph Company in both Britain and America.

    Academic text (2003)

  • My maternal grandfather worked as a telegraph operator for Canadian Marconi on Signal Hill for many years.

    Blog text (25)

  • Twenty-four-hour wireless watch became mandatory at sea, and the price of Marconi shares rapidly appreciated.

    Academic text (2003)

  • In 1912, Rufus and Godfrey were both involved in the Marconi Scandal.

    Academic text (2003)

  • In the pioneering days of radio, my grandfather's job was to lecture young engineers who were joining Marconi's company.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Guglielmo Marconi is celebrated for his groundbreaking work in wireless communication.

Compounds

Marconi rig
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A sail setup on a boat with a tall single mast and a triangular mainsail

Surface Forms

Marconi main

Etymology

Marconi is the surname of the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, who developed 'wireless telegraphy' and sent the first radio signals across the Atlantic. A helpful way to remember it is that his name became a common short word for early 'radios' and for the man who made long-distance wireless communication possible.