telegraph

English

/ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/

noun
Definitions
  • (historical) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.
  • (video games) A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.

Etymology

Derived from French télégraphe root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kʷel-

Gloss

turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
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