telegraph cable

collocation in English

meaningsoftelegraphandcable

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telegraph
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtel.ɪ.ɡrɑːf/us
/ˈtel.ə.ɡræf/
(especially in the past) a method of sending and receiving messages by electrical or radio signals, or the special equipment used for ...
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cable
noun
uk
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/us
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/
a set of wires, covered by plastic, that carries electricity, phone ...
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(Definition oftelegraphandcablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That was atelegraphcable, and could only be used for telegraph purposes.
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The techniques are moving rapidly for the new co-axial cable, not for the old type oftelegraphcable.
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Belief in its existence continued into the 19th century, when it was discussed as a possible midway point for the transatlantictelegraphcable.
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Under his administration, the firsttelegraphcablereached the island.
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Shortwave radio vastly increased the speed and capacity of transatlantic communications at dramatically reduced cost compared totelegraphcableand long wave radio.
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Thetelegraphcableoperated from 1901 to 1959.
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It served as the insulating material for some of the earliest undersea telegraph cables, including the first transatlantictelegraphcable.
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Though a failure at her original purpose of passenger travel, she eventually found a role as an oceanictelegraphcable-layer.
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The firm made the armoured wire for first successful transatlantictelegraphcablein 1866, using 30,000 miles of wire (1600 tons), made by 250 workers over 11 months.
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Guam connected with the rest of the world in 1903 when it became the site oftelegraphcablestations.
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It was this that gave us the lead in long-distance telegraph cables that we maintain today.
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Some grow to such a height that they even interfere with lamp posts, telegraph cables and other overhead cables.
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The submarine telegraph cables were being under-cut and supplanted by the new invention of the beam wireless.
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For some generations our system of overseas telegraphy was conducted through the great submarine telegraph cables.
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A large part of the engineering industry is concerned, and a great deal else, from wireless sets to telegraph cables.
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Are we to leave them to depend on perhaps a wireless message of sympathy if they are in trouble, because it would be quite easy to cut the telegraph cables.
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Copper was already in use in telegraph cables and this is the very best conductor available short of using silver.
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The term originated in the 19th century for inductors used to prevent distortion in submarine telegraph cables.
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Telegraph cables under the ocean were damaged, cutting off the island from outside communication for a time.
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Heavy use of gutta-percha during the second half of the 19th century, particularly as insulation for underwater telegraph cables, led to unsustainable harvesting and a collapse of the supply.
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