Morse
1. a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) (Freq. 1) • Syn: Morse code, international Morse code • Hypernyms: code • Part Meronyms: dot, dit, dash, dah 2. United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872) • Syn: Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse • Instance Hypernyms: inventor, discoverer, artificer, painter
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