Morse code

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Morse code

Any of several codes used for transmitting messages in which letters of the alphabet and numbers are represented by various sequences of dots and dashes or short and long signals, especially the international Morse code.

[After Samuel Finley Breese Morse.]

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Morse code

(Telecommunications) a telegraph code formerly used internationally for transmitting messages; it was superseded by satellite technology (the Global Marine Distress and Safety System) in 1999. Letters, numbers, etc, are represented by groups of shorter dots and longer dashes, or by groups of the corresponding sounds, dits and dahs, the groups being separated by spaces. Also called: international Morse code

[C19: named after Samuel Morse]

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Morse′ code′

either of two systems of clicks and pauses, short and long sounds, or flashes of light, used to represent letters, numerals, etc.: now used primarily in radiotelegraphy by ham operators. Also called Morse′ al′phabet.

[1830–40; after S.French.B. Morse]

Morse Code

Code invented by Samuel Morse for transmitting telegraph messages in 1791–1872. He erected the first telegraph line between Washington and Baltimore in 1844.

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Morse code - a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)

international Morse code, Morse

code - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy

dit, dot - the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

dah, dash - the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Translations

شَفْرَةُ مُورس

morseovka

morsealfabetet

morseaakkoset

Morseovi znakovi

alfabeto morsecodice MorseMorse

モールス信号

모스

morse

alfabet Morse'akod Morsa

código Morse

азбука Морзе

morse

รหัสมอร์ส

Mors kodu

mã Morse

摩尔斯式电码

Morse Code

→ شَفْرَةُ مُورس morseovka morsealfabetet Morsezeichen κώδικας Μορς morse morseaakkoset morse Morseovi znakovi Morse モールス信号 모스 morse morse alfabet Morse'a código Morse азбука Морзе morse รหัสมอร์ส Mors kodu mã Morse 摩尔斯式电码

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References in classic literature ?

I tried to recall something of the Morse Code, with which I had played as a little boy--but time had obliterated it from my memory.

View in context

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Voice and mouth control

Steve Arnott said: "The letter 'H' in Morse code is four dots.

Did that really happen? All a bit dotty, wasn't it?

When Google announced the Morse code support of Gboard at its I/O event, it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc_QMQ4QHcw) played a video showing Finalyson and her husband, Ken, who communicate using the text transmission system.

Gboard Now Supports Morse Code

ere is also a new mini brick laying activity and Morse code sessions at the Post Oce where demonstrators will show how telegraphs were sent using the code.

WHITSUN FUN

If you can't tap a message to a friend, try sending a secret Morse code message by email!

Super sleuths!

Only way I'd catch that is because I also have my amateur radio license and proficiency in Morse code was required at one time.

Not a good TEST

Radio communication first came into use only as a wireless telegraph, forming the dots and dashes of the Morse code in appropriate bursts of radio waves.

Radio waves and sound

In Morse code what message is represented by three dots, followed by three dashes and three more dots?

QUIZ OF THE DAY

I was just going about my everyday business, doing housework, when I heard a noise that sounded like Morse code," says Michelle Meek about the day her hearing changed.

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Morse code from an inflatable dinghy off Rathlin Island.

MEMO to organisers of the County

American artist and engineer who became famous as the inventor of the telegraph and Morse code.