Telegrapher's extended tone
Dah is the spoken representation of a dash in Morse code, contrasted with dit for a dot.
Operators learning or reciting code say dah for the longer signal: dit-dit-dit dah-dah-dah dit-dit-dit spells SOS.
The term appears in discussions of telegraphy, amateur radio, and military communications.
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Telegrapher's extended tone
Dah is the spoken representation of a dash in Morse code, contrasted with dit for a dot.
Operators learning or reciting code say dah for the longer signal: dit-dit-dit dah-dah-dah dit-dit-dit spells SOS.
The term appears in discussions of telegraphy, amateur radio, and military communications.
1. morse — dot, Small circular mark; dit (Short Morse signal); code (Symbolic communication system); signal (Message-conveying cue); telegraphy · transmission · SOS · distress · wireless · radio · operator · amateur · navy · alphabet
2. solfege — do, Perform an action; re (Concerning, in correspondence); mi (Third scale degree); fa (Fourth scale tone); sol · la · ti · note · scale · pitch · singing · sight-reading · vocalization · tonic
MORSE CODE SIGNAL DURATIONdah ≠ dit Short Morse signal; dot · dash
dash, dashing, dashed, dasher, dashers, da
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/dah