tele-typesetter

Tel·e·type·set·ter

[tel-i-tahyp-set-er, tel-i-tahyp-]
Trademark.
a brand name for an apparatus, actuated by punched paper tape, that fits over the keyboard of a slugcasting machine, as the Linotype, for operating it automatically. Abbreviation: TTS

tel·e·type·set·ting, noun
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Teletypesetter (ˌtɛlɪˈtaɪpˌsɛtə, ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
printing trademark a keyboard device whose output can either be punched tape, which can be used directly to operate a line-casting machine, or be transmitted by cable or wire to operate such a machine indirectly
 
tele'typesetting
 
n

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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 chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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