teletypewriter

[ tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, tel-i-tahyp- ]

noun
  1. a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. Abbreviation: TTY

Origin of teletypewriter

1
First recorded in 1900–05; tele-1 + typewriter

Words Nearby teletypewriter

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British Dictionary definitions for teletypewriter

teletypewriter

/ (ˌtɛlɪˈtaɪpˌraɪtə, ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp-) /


noun
  1. a US name for teleprinter

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