[tel-uh-promp-ter] 
| a brand name for an off-camera device that displays a magnified script so that it is visible to the performers or speakers on a television program. |
| Tel·e·Promp·Ter (těl'ə-prŏmp'tər) A trademark used for a device employed in television to show an actor or a speaker an enlarged line-by-line reproduction of a script, unseen by the audience. This trademark often occurs in print in lowercase: "Although he was cheered loudly by most delegates, leftist hecklers and a faulty teleprompter gave him some anxious moments" (Chicago Tribune). |
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