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telegraph-like

telegraph-like adjective: having the characteristics of a telegraph.

Adjective

telegraph-like (comparative more telegraph-like, superlative most telegraph-like)

  1. Having the characteristics of a telegraph.
    • There have also been historic examples of space weather interfering with the telegraph-like technology used for railway signalling control systems.2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30

Forms of telegraph-like

comparativemore telegraph-like
superlativemost telegraph-like
alternative formtelegraphlike

Origin of telegraph-like

From telegraph + -like.

Questions about telegraph-like

What does telegraph-like mean?
Telegraph-like means having the characteristics of a telegraph.
What part of speech is telegraph-like?
Telegraph-like is an adjective.

Words near telegraph-like in the dictionary

  1. telegraph posts
  2. telegraph stamp
  3. telegraph stamps
  4. telegraph wire
  5. telegraph wires
  6. telegraph-like
  7. telegraphable
  8. telegraphed
  9. telegrapheme
  10. telegraphemes
  11. telegrapher

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