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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Morse code

Morse′ code′. (Teleg.) The telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces, invented by Samuel B. Morse. The Alphabetic code which is in use in North America is given below. In length, or duration, one dash is theoretically equal to three dots; the space between the elements of a letter is equal to one dot; the interval in spaced letters, as O . ., is equal to three dots. There are no spaces in any letter composed wholly or in part of dashes.

Alphabet A .- H .... O . . V ...-

B - . . . I .. P ..... W .—

C .. . J -.-. Q ..-. X .-..

D -.. K -.- R . .. Y .. ..

E . L — S ... Z ... .

F .-. M — T — & . ...

G —. N -. U ..-

Numerals

1 .—. 4 . . . .- 7 —..

2 ..-.. 5 —- 8 - . . . .

3 . . . -. 6 . . . . . . 9 -..-

0 —— Period ..—.. Comma .-.-

The International (Morse) code used elsewhere is the same as the above with the following exceptions.

C -.-. L .-.. Q —.- Y -.—

F ..-. O —- R .-. Z —..

J .—- P .—. X -..- The Morse code is used chiefly with the electric telegraph, but is also employed in signalling with flags, lights, etc.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty. Of the others, 1,362 (a word or a single letter each) were inferred by AI from the context by the dictionary’s own rules and are marked with a wavy underline (tap or point at one to see the note); the rest, which could not be inferred with confidence, are left as “?”.