telex
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ɛks noun
1.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) a two-way teletypewriter service channeled through a public telecommunications system for instantaneous, direct communication between subscribers at remote locations.
2.
a teletypewriter used to send or receive on such a service.
3.
a message transmitted by telex.
verb (used with object)
4.
to send (a message) by telex: We telex instructions to the agent.
5.
to send a message by telex to: They telexed the Paris office.
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| —n | |
| 1. | an international telegraph service in which teleprinters are rented out to subscribers for the purpose of direct communication |
| 2. | a teleprinter used in such a service |
| 3. | a message transmitted or received by telex |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to transmit (a message) to (a person, office, etc) by telex |
| [C20: from tel(eprinter) ex(change)] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
Telex
1932, "a communication system of teletypewriters," from tel(etype) ex(change).
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| TELEX teletypewriter exchange |
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Example sentences
The fax had not been invented, and telex was primitive and slow.
Also, request telex ahead to college hiring her husband.
With the invention of the telephone and the telex, the centralised head office came into its own.
Over the years, these gave way to stringers who sent their stories by sea or air mail, and then by telex and cable.
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