telex
Americannoun
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(sometimes initial capital letter) a two-way teletypewriter service channeled through a public telecommunications system for instantaneous, direct communication between subscribers at remote locations.
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a teletypewriter used to send or receive on such a service.
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a message transmitted by telex.
verb (used with object)
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to send (a message) by telex.
We telex instructions to the agent.
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to send a message by telex to.
They telexed the Paris office.
noun
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an international telegraph service in which teleprinters are rented out to subscribers for the purpose of direct communication
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a teleprinter used in such a service
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a message transmitted or received by telex
verb
Etymology
Origin of telex
First recorded in 1930–35; tel(eprinter) + ex(change)
Example Sentences
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"Satish was getting phone calls and the telex machine was chattering away as well," remembers Baxter.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024
The telex machines, which could send text-based messages over established phone networks, were a smart workaround — the data from those messages would be processed by the central computer.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023
Without SWIFT, Russian institutions will be forced to fall back on a telex network and other less convenient and more costly alternatives.
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2022
Everything has changed since I was filing by telex from the Commodore Hotel in Beirut in 1983.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2019
DASnet also lets you send email as telex, fax and by ordinary mail.
From The Online World by De Presno, Odd
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