telegraphic
Stripped to essentials
Telegraphic describes communication stripped to essentials, like the clipped style of old telegram messages where every word cost money: His emails are telegraphic—no greetings, no sign-offs.
In linguistics, telegraphic speech refers to early childhood language that omits articles and prepositions: baby want milk.
The word also means relating to the telegraph system itself.
Sending of information
- wireThin metallic conductor
- dispatchSend with speed
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
operator · transmitter · receiver · message · ticker · switchboard · radiotelegraphy · telex
Small circular marks
- dashesShort fast races
- Morse codeDot-dash signaling system
- SOSMorse distress code
- keyingInputting via buttons
CW · wireless · decode · transmit · tap · beep · sounder · electromagnetic
Brief to bluntness
- conciseBriefly and clearly stated
- succinctExpressed with minimal words
- laconicBrief in expression
- pithyConcise and forceful
clipped · curt · abbreviated · condensed · elliptical · staccato · truncated · shorthand
Old valued collectible
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- VictorianOf a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
old-fashioned · historical · bygone · period · nineteenth-century · obsolete · quaint · wartime
transmission
Sending of information
relay · operator · transmitter · receiver · message · ticker · switchboard · radiotelegraphy · telex · teleprinter
dots
Small circular marks
- dashesShort fast races
- Morse codeDot-dash signaling system
- SOSMorse distress code
keying · CW · wireless · decode · transmit · tap · beep · sounder · electromagnetic · shortwave
terse
Brief to bluntness
pithy · clipped · curt · abbreviated · condensed · elliptical · staccato · truncated · shorthand · epigrammatic
antique
Old valued collectible
Edwardian · old-fashioned · historical · bygone · period · nineteenth-century · obsolete · quaint · wartime · heritage
telegraphicverbose
More words than necessary
wordy · long-winded · prolix · rambling · windy
telegraphicexpanded
Made larger or wider
elaborate · detailed · embellished · embroidered · ornate
- telegraph cablesWires transmitting electrical messages
- telegraph polesPosts supporting communication lines
- telegraph wiresCables carrying coded messages
- telegraph linesElectrical message transmission cables
- telegraph operatorTransmits coded wire messages
- wireless telegraphyCable-free signal transmission
wireless telegraphy, telegraph, telegraphed, telegraphing, telegraphs, telegraphy, telegrapher, telegraphers, telegraphist