Morse
Dots and dashes
Morse typically appears in Morse code, the communication system using dots and dashes to represent letters, invented by Samuel Morse in the 1830s.
The pattern of short and long signals allowed messages to be transmitted over telegraph wires and later by radio: The ship sent an SOS in Morse.
Morse is also a surname, most famously borne by the inventor himself. (Lowercase morse is an archaic term for a clasp.)
Electrical message system
- keyLock-opening device
- operatorOne who works machinery
- telegraphistMorse transmission operator
- sounderMore solid or reliable
transmitter · receiver · relay · circuit · station · cable · wire · electromagnetism
Electrical message system
- inventionNew device or method
- 1840sFifth decade, nineteenth century
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- transatlantic cableUnderwater intercontinental communication wire
19th century · electromagnetism · Victorian · pioneering · innovation
Morse distress code
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- maydayRadio emergency signal
- rescueSave from harm
- signalMessage-conveying cue
beacon · flare · survival · shipwreck · maritime · Titanic · coast guard · aviator
High-frequency radio band
- hamCured pig thigh
- amateurNonprofessional participant
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
- transmissionSending of information
broadcast · frequency · antenna · transceiver · airwaves · modulation · oscillator · bandwidth
Hidden writing system
- encodedConverted to cipher
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- militaryArmed forces collectively
intelligence · intercept · codebreaker · espionage · covert · secret message
telegraph
Electrical message system
- keyLock-opening device
- operatorOne who works machinery
- telegraphistMorse transmission operator
sounder · transmitter · receiver · relay · circuit · station · cable · wire · electromagnetism · tap
telegraph
Electrical message system
- inventionNew device or method
- 1840sFifth decade, nineteenth century
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
transatlantic cable · 19th century · electromagnetism · Victorian · pioneering · innovation
dots
Small circular marks
SOS · alphabet · keying · tap · decode · encode · message · timing · sequence · codebook
SOS
Morse distress code
signal · beacon · flare · survival · shipwreck · maritime · Titanic · coast guard · aviator · lifesaving
shortwave
High-frequency radio band
transmission · broadcast · frequency · antenna · transceiver · airwaves · modulation · oscillator · bandwidth · Hertz
cipher
Hidden writing system
military · intelligence · intercept · codebreaker · espionage · covert · secret message
- Telegraph Pioneers
- Crime TVCriminal Minds, Chicago PD, Hawaii Five-O, Columbo, Kojak
- EponymsDarwinian, Alzheimer's disease, Freudian slip, cardigan, Parkinson's disease
- TV CharactersHomer Simpson, Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson
- Electricity HistoryMichael Faraday, Faraday, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Thomas Edison
- Acadia ParishCrowley, Egan, Maxie, Richard, Woodlawn
MorseStarsky and Hutch
Seventies police TV partners
James Bond · Bergerac · Frost · Poirot · Miss Marple
- Morse codeDot-dash signaling system
- moral codeStandards of right conduct
- Samuel MorseTelegraph pioneer, code creator
- Morse keyTelegraph input device
- morse code operatorTransmits via signal patterns