wireless telegraphy

1. 1.

   telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire

   Synonymsradiotelegraphradiotelegraphy

   Broaderwireless
2. 2.

   the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code)

   Synonymsradiotelegraphradiotelegraphywireless telegraph

   Broaderradio

Questions about wireless telegraphy

What does wireless telegraphy mean?

wireless telegraphy means "telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wireless telegraphy?

Close synonyms include radiotelegraph, radiotelegraphy, radiotelegraph, radiotelegraphy, wireless telegraph. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wireless telegraphy a common word?

wireless telegraphy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.