morse

(noun) a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals). Synonyms: Morse, Morse code, international Morse code.

(noun) United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872). Synonyms: Morse, Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse.