From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Telegraphic \Tel'e*graph"ic\, adjective [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.
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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"
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