Morse code

NOUN

signaling code

Synonyms

WEAK

Morse alphabet cryptanalysis cryptography

Example Sentences

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Inventors soon made it possible to send speech over the air, rather than just Morse code.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

You are in the passenger seat with no seat belt, and the dashboard lights are blinking like they’re trying to tell you something in Morse code, which you never learned.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

A thousand small cylindrical acrylic mirrors planted in the sand compose a Morse code poem imagining a dialogue between Tangun, the legendary founder of the first Korean kingdom, and an Egyptian pharaoh.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

"I decoded Morse code and passed it to the next person," she said.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

He would operate a sort of lantern, flashing signals in Morse code.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides