morse

«morse» in Mova's school dictionary: a way of sending messages using short and long signals… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Morse, Morse code — uncountable); proper name (Morse)

meaning for a pupil

1) Morse code is a way of sending messages using short and long signals, dots and dashes, for each letter. tree →

2) Morse is also a family name, from the inventor Samuel Morse, who helped make the telegraph and the code. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and history lessons Morse code shows how messages were sent along wires by the telegraph, and later by radio and flashing lights. In safety lessons SOS in Morse is three short, three long, three short (... --- ...), a call for help. It tells the reader about signals and codes.

examples

• Ships used Morse code to call for help. tree →
• SOS in Morse code is dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot. tree →
• We tapped messages in Morse code on the desk. tree →
• The scouts learned Morse code with torches. tree →
• Samuel Morse helped invent the telegraph. tree →
• Can you spell your name in Morse? tree →
• A dash lasts longer than a dot. tree →

note

Usually written with a capital M because it comes from a name. Uncountable: Morse code, not «a Morse». Do not confuse with «moose» (the animal) or «remorse» (feeling sorry). Each letter has its own pattern; E is a single dot, T is a single dash.

In the corpora

• A message became pulses of electric current in a wire, written in Morse code as short and long signals — dots and dashes.
• Morse code writes each letter as a pattern of short and long signals, called dots and dashes.
• In Morse code the distress signal SOS is three dots, three dashes, three dots.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «morse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.