teletext

[tel-i-tekst]

noun Television.

a system that allows viewers having television sets with special decoders to receive signals that display printed information as well as graphics on their screens.

Compare videotex.

Origin of teletext

tele-¹ + text

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British Dictionary definitions for teletext

teletext

noun

a form of Videotex in which information is broadcast by a television station and received on an adapted television set

Teletext

noun

trademark (in Britain, formerly) the ITV teletext serviceSee Ceefax

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