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morse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun morse has 2 senses
- morse(n = noun.communication) international morse code, morse code - a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals); Array is a kind of code
- morse(n = noun.person) samuel f. b. morse, samuel finley breese morse, samuel morse - United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872); Array is a kind of artificer, discoverer, inventor, painter
has parts: dit, dot, dah, dash
CIDE DICTIONARY
morse, n. [F. morse, Russ. morj'; perh. akin to E. mere lake; cf. Russ. more sea.].
The walrus. See Walrus. [1913 Webster]
morse, n. [L. morsus a biting, a clasp, fr. mordere to bite.].
A clasp for fastening garments in front. Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
morse, n. & v.
--n. (in full Morse code) an alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short light or sound signals.
--v.tr. & intr. signal by Morse code.
--n. (in full Morse code) an alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short light or sound signals.
--v.tr. & intr. signal by Morse code.
Etymology
S. F. B. Morse, Amer. electrician d. 1872, who devised it
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