MARCONI


Meaning of MARCONI in English

I. märˈkōnē, mȧˈk- adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Guglielmo Marconi died 1937 Italian electrical engineer and inventor

: of or relating to the system of wireless telegraphy invented by Marconi

a Marconi aerial

II. transitive verb

( marconied ; marconied ; marconiing ; marconies )

: to send (a message) by radiogram

III. adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: probably so called from the resemblance of the complex system of struts and stays formerly characteristic of the Bermuda rig to the poles and stays used in wireless telegraphy

: of, relating to, or marked by a Bermuda rig

a Marconi mainsail

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