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marconigram

marconigram noun: a message sent via radio.

Noun

marconigram (plural marconigrams)

  1. (dated) A message sent via radio.
    • The marconigram would not carry all the way across the Atlantic...1908, Society of Friends, Minutes and Proceedings of the Five Years Meeting
    • At a nod the man brought him a marconigram.1913, James Andrew White, Jerome W Howe, C S Anderson, The Wireless Age

Examples of marconigram in a sentence

  • This was the marconigram which was to be the key to unlock the whole mystery.1926, George Dilnot, The Story of Scotland Yard:
  • A marconigram received at midday altered her destination to Leningrad.1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 18, in Well Tackled!:

Forms of marconigram

pluralmarconigrams

Origin of marconigram

From Marconi + -gram, from the name of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937).

Questions about marconigram

What does marconigram mean?
Marconigram means a message sent via radio.
How do you use marconigram in a sentence?
This was the marconigram which was to be the key to unlock the whole mystery.
What part of speech is marconigram?
Marconigram is a noun.
What is the plural of marconigram?
The plural of marconigram is marconigrams.

Words near marconigram in the dictionary

  1. Marconi rig
  2. Marconi rigs
  3. Marconi's law
  4. Marconian
  5. marconied
  6. marconigram
  7. marconigrams
  8. marconigraph
  9. marconigraphed
  10. marconigraphing
  11. marconigraphs

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