noun
Usage: usually capitalized M
Etymology: after Samuel F. B. Morse died 1872 American artist and inventor
: either of two codes in which letters of the alphabet, numbers, and other symbols are represented by dots and dashes or long and short sounds and used for transmitting messages by audible or visual signals (as by telegraphy, wigwag, or light flashes)
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