Teletype

[tel-i-tahyp]

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Trademark.

a brand of teletypewriter.

noun

(lowercase) a network of teletypewriters with their connecting lines, switchboards, etc.

verb (used with object), Tel·e·typed, Tel·e·typ·ing.

(lowercase) to send by Teletype.

verb (used without object), Tel·e·typed, Tel·e·typ·ing.

(lowercase) to operate a Teletype.

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Related Words for teletype

summons, telegraph, write, copy, transcribe, buzzer, wire, cable, signal, flash, call, report, radiogram, telex, cablegram, touch, touch-type, typewrite, teletype

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Historical Examples of teletype

Frank turned toward the window where he had left the bundle of teletype clips.
Deadly City
Paul W. Fairman
As she had suspected, there were two teletype machines, neither of which was in operation.
Behind the Green Door
Mildred A. Wirt
“Room 27 is given over to our teletype service,” interrupted Maxwell.
Behind the Green Door
Mildred A. Wirt
Although not as important today as it was before radio, telephone, and teletype became common, the telegraph is still in use.
Electricity for the 4-H Scientist
Eric B. Wilson
Charlie Fischer strolled in and glanced at the weather report coming in on the teletype.
Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines
Ruthe S. Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for teletype

Teletype

noun

trademark a type of teleprinter

(sometimes not capital) a network of such devices, used for communicating messages, information, etc

verb

(sometimes not capital) to transmit (a message) by Teletype

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Word Origin and History for teletype

1904, trademark for a communications system of typewriters connected electronically, short for teletypewriter (1904), a form of telegraph in which the receiver prints messages like a typewriter, from tele- + typewriter.