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Marconi

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Mar·co·ni  (mär-kn), Guglielmo 1874-1937.
Italian engineer and inventor who in 1901 transmitted long-wave radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean. He shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in physics.

Marconi [mɑːˈkəʊnɪ]
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(Biographies / Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937) M, Italian, SCIENCE: physicist) Guglielmo (guʎˈʎɛlmo). 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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Noun1.Marconi - Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937)Marconi - Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937)


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High above his head, the slender mast, with its Marconi attachment, swang and dived, reached out for the stars, and fell away with a shudder.
"Well, to me Marconi, or D'Annunzio, is the star of Italy" said the other.
The air-fleet was keeping station in an enormous crescent, with its horns pointing south-westward, a long array of shining monsters with tails rotating slowly and German ensigns now trailing from their bellies aft of their Marconi pendants.
 
 
 
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