teleprinter

American  

[tel-uh-prin-ter] / ˈtɛl əˌprɪn tər /

noun

1. a teletypewriter.

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teleprinter British  

/ ˈtɛlɪˌprɪntə /

noun

1. US name: teletypewriter.  a telegraph apparatus consisting of a keyboard transmitter, which converts a typed message into coded pulses for transmission along a wire or cable, and a printing receiver, which converts incoming signals and prints out the message See also telex radioteletype

2. a network of such devices, formerly used for communicating information, etc

3. a similar device used for direct input/output of data into a computer at a distant location

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Etymology

Origin of teleprinter

First recorded in 1925–30; Tele(type) + printer

Example Sentences

That day they were on shift as teleprinter operators in the operations room.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022

He jumped on the truck when the company received word, via teleprinter, of a working fire on Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2020

He had programmed a teleprinter, sitting on the floor next to me, to deliver love letters at one, three, and five.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 14, 2017

This project took the form of a parlor game: A and B, a man and a woman, communicate with an “interrogator,” C, by some intermediary such as a messenger or a teleprinter.

From Scientific American • Jun. 19, 2013

A full-fledged bureau was set up in Panjim, connected to the editorial offices in Davorlim by teleprinter link.

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