1. (n.) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action.

2. (v. t.) To convey or announce by telegraph.

Teletype cable cablegram day letter facsimile telegraph fast telegram flash heliograph multiplex night letter quadruplex radio radiogram radiotelegraph semaphore telegraph send a wire sign off sign on telegram telex wire