Teletype

[ tel-i-tahyp ]

/ ˈtɛl ɪˌtaɪp /

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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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That is, New Orleans and Dallas would have teletype between these two offices?
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Each office is connected with each other office by teletype.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Could we mark as Exhibit No. 952 the teletype that came in on Oswald.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The one message she had interpreted—“No Train Tomorrow”—undoubtedly had been received by teletype transmission.
Behind the Green Door|Mildred A. Wirt

Penny could not understand why the hotel would have need for teletype machine service.
Behind the Green Door|Mildred A. Wirt

British Dictionary definitions for teletype

Teletype

/ (ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp) /

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

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.

Teletype

noun

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

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

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