Morse

/mɔrs/
/mɔs/
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Definitions of Morse
  1. noun
    a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
    synonyms: Morse code, international Morse code
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    type of:
    code
    a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
  2. noun
    United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)
    synonyms: Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Samuel Morse
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    example of:
    artificer, discoverer, inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
    painter
    an artist who paints
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