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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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a combining form meaning “end,” “complete,” used in the formation of compound words: telestich.

Also, tel-, teleo-, telo-.

Origin:
combining form representing Greek télos end, and téleios perfected; akin to teleîn to fulfill

television.

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tele- or (before a vowel) tel-

—*combining form*
1.	at or over a distance; distant: telescope; telegony; telekinesis; telemeter
2.	television: telecast
3.	by means of or via telephone or television

[from Greek tele far]

tel- or (before a vowel) tel-

—*combining form*

[from Greek tele far]

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tele-

comb. form meaning "far, far off," from Gk. tele-, combining form of tele "far off, afar, at or to a distance," related to teleos (gen. telos) "end, goal, result, consummation, perfection," lit. "completion of a cycle," from PIE *kwel-es- (cf. Skt. caramah "the last," Bret. pell "far off," Welsh pellaf

"uttermost"), from base *kwel- (see cycle).

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tele- or tel-
pref.
Distance; distant: teletherapy.

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tele-
A prefix that means "at a distance," as in telemetry.