Definition of Telegraphic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph. "Telegraphic news reports"

Partainyms: Telegraph
Derivative terms: Telegraph

2. Adjective. Having the style of a telegram with many short words left out. "The strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics"
Similar to: Concise

Definition of Telegraphic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.

Definition of Telegraphic

1. Adjective. of, or relating to the telegraph ¹

2. Adjective. brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Telegraphic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Telegraphic

1. Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence. Origin: Cf. F. Telegraphique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telegraphic

telegraph codes
telegraph form
telegraph key
telegraph line
telegraph operator
telegraph plant
telegraph pole
telegraph post
telegraph posts
telegraph wire
telegraphed
telegrapher
telegraphers
telegraphese
telegrapheses
telegraphic (current term)
telegraphic signal
telegraphical
telegraphically
telegraphies
telegraphing
telegraphings
telegraphist
telegraphists
telegraphs
telegraphy
teleguidance
teleguide
teleguided
teleguiding

Literary usage of Telegraphic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"gives to the post-office the exclusive privilege of transmission—withheld in the previous Act—empowers the purchase of telegraphic undertakings other than ..."

2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1870)
"existing telegraphic system, it may be well to state them in Mr. ... 'To open a central telegraphic office at each of the ten district offices in London. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"A telegraphic system for the fac-similé reproduction of writing at a distance. ... A pair of wires extending from a telegraphic station to a branch office. ..."

4. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"We may simply connect the coherer in series with a single cell, or with a shunted cell, and a detector, such as a galvanometer, or other direct telegraphic ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"On Specimens of telegraphic Facsimiles, produced by ... All of you know how amply Admiral FitzRoy has arranged the telegraphic warnings all over England. ..."

6. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1918)
"9 Sir W. Townley to Mr. Balfour (telegraphic.) The Hague, March 6, 1917. ... 11 Mr. Balfour to Sir W. Townley (telegraphic.) Foreign Office, March 10, 1917. ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield (1898)
"53& Obligation to furnish telegraphic facilities. — As common carriers, or as common transmitters, if they prefer a distinction without a difference, ..."

8. A Treatise on Electric Law: Comprising the Law Governing All Electric by Joseph Asbury Joyce, Howard Clifford Joyce (1907)
"Commerce — Federal Constitution — Penalty statutes — telegraphic despatches — Arkansas.— In Arkansas the statute which imposed a penalty for negligent ..."

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