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Morse code  n.  (Teleg.) A telegraphic code, in which dots, dashes, and spaces represent letters, numbers, and other elements of text. The original code was invented by Samuel B. Morse. The code now mostly used is the International Morse code, also referred to simply as the Morse code. The Morse code was used chiefly with the electric telegraph, but is also employed in signalling with flags, lights, etc.






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"Morse code" Quotes from Famous Books



... the flicking of heliographs signalling messages by a Morse code of death. After each flash came the thunderous report and a rushing noise as though great birds were in flight behind the veil of mist which lay on the hillsides. Puffs of woolly-white smoke showed where the shrapnel was bursting, and these were wisped away into the heavy clouds. Now and again ...
— The Soul of the War • Philip Gibbs

... deposited in our midst the sorriest-looking specimen of a cur dog you ever set eyes on. It was so weak it couldn't stand. But that look in its eyes—just gratitude, plain gratitude. Its stump of a tail was pounding against my mess tin and sounded just like a message in the Morse code. Happy swore that it ...
— Defenders of Democracy • Militia of Mercy

... employed is the 'Morse code,' so generally in vogue throughout the world. In the Morse code the letters of the alphabet are represented by combinations of two distinct elementary signals, technically called 'dots' and 'dashes,' from the fact that the Morse ...
— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro

... it became impossible. The first word or two, however, reached Oku, and he at once, shrewdly surmising that the message was from us, proceeded to signal us by searchlight, using an adaptation of the Morse Code. The conversation thus carried on was a lengthy one, occupying more than an hour, when it suddenly ceased, and almost immediately afterward the Admiral signalled me to proceed on board the flagship. This ...
— Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun - A Story of the Russo-Japanese War • Harry Collingwood



Words linked to "Morse code" :   dah, dot, code, dit, dash, Morse, international Morse code



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