morse

/mɔrs/

Definitions

1. noun

A system of communication using a series of dots and dashes to represent letters and numbers.

“The sailor used morse code to send a distress signal to the nearby ship.”

2. proper noun

A telegraph system developed by Samuel Finley Breese Morse for transmitting coded messages over wires.

“The invention of the morse telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication in the 19th century.”

Synonyms

  • code
  • telegraph

Antonyms

  • spoken language
  • voice