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

  • It thus appears that the Marconi apparatus was at work until within a few minutes of the foundering of the Titanic.

    Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British Government
  • The Californian heard none of the Titanic's messages; she had only one Marconi operator on board and he was asleep.

    Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British Government

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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