telegraph wire

collocation in English

meaningsoftelegraphandwire

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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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wire
noun
uk
/waɪər/us
/waɪr/
a piece of thin metal thread that can be bent, used for fastening things and for making particular types of objects that are strong but ...
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(Definition oftelegraphandwirefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Here is only one example, notable for combining appropriation of the opponents' dramatic gesture, use of an overlay, and the forgetting, at the climactic moment, of atelegraphwire.
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Various improvements were undertaken over the decades, seeing the first gas chandeliers and atelegraphwireput in, as well as the construction of the ballroom in the same year.
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He theorized that an electrical layer in the atmosphere could carry signals like atelegraphwire, and thus is sometimes listed among supposed inventors of radio.
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It originated in the telegraph age when telecommunication consisted only of short messages transmitted by hand over thetelegraphwire.
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This paper traces various wind paths, from natural casuarinas to telegraph wires.
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However, the broadcasters were not actually present at the game, but simply gave reports from atelegraphwire.
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Each character in the alphabet is represented by a series of bits, sent over a communication channel such as atelegraphwireor a radio signal.
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Electric telegraphy was not used in tactical battlefield communications due to shortages oftelegraphwireand trained operators.
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Carnegie later joked that he was the first casualty of the war when he gained a scar on his cheek from freeing a trappedtelegraphwire.
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The poles were broken and the wires were down upon the ground before the telegraph wires.
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Existing telegraph wires cannot be used for this extension.
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The value of underground telegraph wires is greatly exaggerated.
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There are landmarks in the shape of television masts and telegraph wires.
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Frequently the telephone wires are standing when the telegraph wires are down.
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Are not the telephone wires down when the telegraph wires are down?
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They were armed, and were going out to cut telegraph wires.
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We have been told that telegraph wires are in future to be underground instead of above.
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No wonder, then, that he stands aghast at broken windows, damaged letters, false fire alarms, cut telegraph wires, obstructed railway signals, at incendiarism and hatchets.
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In most of the cases mentioned the telegraph wires were cut by the criminals, and communication is therefore difficult.
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Troops are landed only when necessary in order to cut off parties of gunrunners who may land arms or attempt to damage telegraph wires, and are then immediately re-embarked.
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