radio-ˈtelegram
[f. radio- 4 + telegram.]
A telegraphic message sent by radio.
| 1902 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 15 Nov. 22474/1 The radio⁓telegrams arrived from Poldhu constantly and surely at the receiver on board the ‘Carlo Alberto’. 1904 Prelim. Conf. Wireless Telegr. Berlin 1903 16 We desire to grant to existing systems a fair share of the charge to be collected for radio-telegrams. 1913 Wireless World Aug. p. xxx (Advt.), Hand your message in at any Telegraph Office, where full particulars concerning radio-telegrams can be obtained. 1920 Glasgow Herald 2 Apr. 5/7 The charge for such radio⁓telegrams is 10½d. per word. |