tele-text

tel·e·text

[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:
tele-1 + text

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teletext (ˈtɛlɪˌtɛkst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a form of Videotex in which information is broadcast by a television station and received on an adapted television set

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Teletext (ˈtɛlɪˌtɛkst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
trademark See Ceefax (in Britain) the ITV teletext service

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