Definitions for dah

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dah(n.)

  1. an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code.

    Category: Cryptography, Telegraphy and Telephony

    Ref: Compare dit .

Origin of dah:

1935–40

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dash, dah(noun)

    the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Wiktionary

  1. dah(Noun)

    The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.

  2. Origin: From daigaz, from dʰigʰ-.


Translations for dah

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

breath(noun)

the air drawn into, and then sent out from, the lungs

My dog's breath smells terrible.

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