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morse 
[mawrs] Pronunciation Key
[mawrs] Pronunciation Key –noun Ecclesiastical.
| an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front. |
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME mors < OF < L morsus fastening, lit., act of biting, equiv. to mord(ére) to bite + -tus, suffix of v. action]
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Morse
[mawrs] Pronunciation Key
[mawrs] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | Jed·i·di·ah
[jed-i-dahy-uh] Pronunciation Key, 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse). |
| 2. | Samuel F(in·ley) B(reese)
[fin-lee breez] Pronunciation Key, 1791–1872, U.S. artist and inventor: developer of the first successful telegraph in the U.S.; inventor of the most commonly used telegraphic code system. |
| 3. | Morse code. |
| 4. | a male given name, form of Maurice. |
| 5. | noting or pertaining to the Morse code or the system of communications using it. |
| 6. | pertaining to any code resembling the Morse code. |
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| Morse
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American painter and inventor. A portraitist whose subjects included Lafayette, he refined (1838) and patented (1854) the telegraph and developed the telegraphic code that bears his name. |
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| morse | |
noun | |
| 1. | a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) |
| 2. | United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872) |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| Morse
(môrs) Pronunciation Key
American inventor who was a pioneer in the field of telegraphy and in 1844 introduced a telegraphic code for transmitting messages, which became known as Morse code. |
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Morse Bluff, NE (village, FIPS 32865) Location: 41.43111 N, 96.76569 W
Population (1990): 128 (61 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68648
Morse Shores, FL (CDP, FIPS 46750) Location: 26.68065 N, 81.79774 W
Population (1990): 3771 (2395 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Morse, TX Zip code(s): 79062
Morse, LA (village, FIPS 52320) Location: 30.12090 N, 92.49796 W
Population (1990): 782 (329 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Morse
Morse\, n. [F. morse, Russ. morj'; perh. akin to E. mere lake; cf. Russ. more sea.] (Zo["o]l.) The walrus. See Walrus.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Morse
Morse\, n. [L. morsus a biting, a clasp, fr. mordere to bite.] A clasp for fastening garments in front. --Fairholt.
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