Teletype

[tel-i-tahyp] Origin

Tel·e·type

[tel-i-tahyp] noun, verb, Tel·e·typed, Tel·e·typ·ing.
1.
Trademark. a brand of teletypewriter.
noun
2.
(lowercase) a network of teletypewriters with their connecting lines, switchboards, etc.

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Teletype is one of our favorite verbs.
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to bark; yelp.
verb (used with object)
3.
(lowercase) to send by Teletype.
verb (used without object)
4.
(lowercase) to operate a Teletype.
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Teletype (ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp)
 
n
1.  trademark a type of teleprinter
2.  (sometimes not capital) a network of such devices, used for communicating messages, information, etc
 
vb
3.  (sometimes not capital) to transmit (a message) by Teletype

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Word Origin & History

teletype
1904, trademark for a communications system of typewriters connected electronically, short for teletypewriter (1904), a form of telegraph in which the receiver prints messages like a typewriter, from tele- + typewriter.
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Teletype definition

hardware, product
(tty) A trademark for a hard-copy teletypewriter produced by Teletype Corporation.
(2000-04-02)

teletype definition


teletypewriter

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