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English

Adjective

telegraphic

of, or relating to the telegraph
brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax

io:telegraphic pl:telegraphic ru:telegraphic te:telegraphic vi:telegraphic

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Telegraphic \Tel`e*graph"ic\, a. [Cf. F. t['e]l['e]graphique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by
a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art;
telegraphic intelligence.
[1913 Webster]

2. Having only the essential information; brief; concise;
terse; -- of communications, by analogy with the style of
telegrams, which are short to avoid unnecessary expense.

Note: a telegraphic communication should have enough
information to allow comprehension of the content,
though it may leave out normally included words. If so
much is left out that the communication becomes
difficult or impossible to understand, it may be called
cryptic. "Sighted sub. Sank same." is a telegraphic
message.
[PJC]

WordNet telegraphic
adj 1: of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph; "a
telegraphic machine"; "telegraphic news reports"
2: having the style of a telegram with many short words left
out; "telegraphic economy of words"; "the strange
telegraphic speech of some aphasics"