wireless telegraph

collocation in English

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wireless
adjective
uk
/ˈwaɪə.ləs/us
/ˈwaɪr.ləs/
using a system of radio signals rather than wires to connect computers, mobile phones, etc. to ...
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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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(Definition ofwirelessandtelegraphfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some outlying light stations have been fitted withwirelesstelegraphapparatus, but, for reason of self-protection, this apparatus: was removed when war was declared.
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Any place which receives messages sent out is awirelesstelegraphstation.
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It is not proposed to providewirelesstelegraphcircuits to supplement the existing telegraph services.
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There are 17wirelesstelegraphand direction-finding stations available to civil aviation.
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Wirelesstelegraphapparatus has been invented which under suitable conditions will respond to certain signals by ringing a bell.
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Kildawirelesstelegraphstation has been erected; and, if so, under what conditions it will be available for ordinary public communication with the mainland?
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Exact statistics could not be given without a good deal of investigation, but a very considerable proportion of coasting ships are fitted withwirelesstelegraphor telephone apparatus.
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They are at present employed and accommodated at anotherwirelesstelegraphstation, and their wives are consequently entitled to the separation allowance that is being paid to them.
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Thus, we have progressed from the simplewirelesstelegraphto the digital transmission of sound and image, satellite navigation and the third generation of mobile telephones.
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In 1905, awirelesstelegraphwas installed, replacing the previous communication via light signals to passing ships.
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In the 1890s, it housed awirelesstelegraphstation.
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In 1920, the firstwirelesstelegraphwas installed, followed by an airfield in 1930.
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Awirelesstelegraphwas provided for the convenience of passengers as well as for operational use.
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This delicate piece of mechanism almost thinks when influenced by the ether waves of thewirelesstelegraph.
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This was not a new ideanumerous investigators had been exploringwirelesstelegraphtechnologies for over 50 years, but none had proven technically and commercially successful.
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While in dock she was refitted, including installation of awirelesstelegraph.
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He then developed an improvedwirelesstelegraphreceiver.
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These new types of waves paved the way for inventions such as thewirelesstelegraphand the radio.
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Salva demonstrated the basis of electric telegraphy, anticipating thewirelesstelegraphand undersea cables.
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Finally, the combination of the availability of marine chronometers andwirelesstelegraphtime signals put an end to the use of lunars in the 20th century.
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