reperforator

[ ree-pur-fuh-rey-ter ]

/ riˈpɜr fəˌreɪ tər /

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noun

(especially in teletype transmission) a machine for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages so that they may later be retransmitted: used for automatic typesetting.

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Origin of reperforator

1915–20; re- + perforator

Words nearby reperforator

Repentigny, repeople, repercussion, repercussive, reperepe, reperforator, repertoire, repertory, repertory company, repertory society, repertory theater