Marconi

[ mahr-koh-nee; Italian mahr-kaw-nee ]

noun
  1. Gu·gliel·mo [goo-lyel-maw], /guˈlyɛl mɔ/, Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.

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How to use Marconi in a sentence

  • Guglielmo Marconi is far more worthy to be remembered than the king who built the great Pyramid in Egypt.

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  • The young man at the table was Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian.

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  • Guglielmo Marconi, the wireless inventor, was the next witness.

  • The first to demonstrate the practical operation of wireless telegraphy was Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian.

British Dictionary definitions for Marconi

Marconi

/ (mɑːˈkəʊnɪ) /


noun
  1. Guglielmo (ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo). 1874–1937, Italian physicist, who developed radiotelegraphy and succeeded in transmitting signals across the Atlantic (1901): Nobel prize for physics 1909

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Scientific definitions for Marconi

Marconi

[ mär-kō ]


  1. Italian physicist and inventor who was the first to use radio waves to transmit signals in Morse code across the Atlantic Ocean (1901). Soon after his experiment, he developed shortwave radio equipment and helped establish radio as a widely used medium for communications.

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