teletypewriter

American  

[tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, tel-i-tahyp-] / ˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, ˈtɛl ɪˌtaɪp- /

noun

1. a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. TTY

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teletypewriter British  

/ ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp-, ˌtɛlɪˈtaɪpˌraɪtə /

noun

1. a US name for teleprinter

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Etymology

Origin of teletypewriter

First recorded in 1900–05; tele- ¹ + typewriter

Example Sentences

There are federal laws, like Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, that give people rights to communication aides like interpreters and teletypewriter services.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2022

At Wake, the correspondents had to share a single radio teletypewriter to Honolulu.

From Time Magazine Archive

There will be, for instance, eleven independent radio transmitters and receivers, among them a teletypewriter to take weather reports.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soviet controllers could have reported the plane's intrusion by sending a message over their teletypewriter system, which was their only means of contacting their Japanese and American counterparts.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are connected by radio or land-line teletypewriter circuits, and their job is to gather weather data from their areas of responsibility and pass it along to the others, either direct or by relay.

From Time Magazine Archive