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prop. a. [ After Guglielmo Marconi (b. 1874), Italian inventor. ] Designating, or pert. to, Marconi's system of wireless telegraphy; as, Marconi aerial, coherer, station, system, etc. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Marconi + -gram. ] same as radiogram; a wireless message. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Marconi + -graph. ] The apparatus used in Marconi wireless telegraphy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Naut.) A rig of triangular sails for a yacht.
Syn. -- Bermuda rig, Bermudan rig, Bermudian rig. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>prop. n. (Wireless Teleg.) The law that the maximum good signaling distance varies directly as the square of the height of the transmitting antenna. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The theory or practice of Marconi's wireless telegraph system. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Elec.) A system or wireless telegraphy developed by G. Marconi, an Italian physicist, in which Hertzian waves are used in transmission and a coherer is used as the receiving instrument. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An Asiatic wild sheep (Ovis poli) with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali: Ovis ammon poli. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. marcere to wither. ] A wasting away of flesh; decay. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]