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tel⋅ex

[tel-eks]
–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.

Origin:
1930–35; tel(eprinter) + ex(change)
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tel·ex   (těl'ěks')   
n.  
  1. A communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals.

  2. A message sent or received by such a system.

tr.v.   tel·exed, tel·ex·ing, tel·ex·es
To send (a message) by telex.

[tel(etypewriter) + ex(change).]
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Word Origin & History

Telex 
1932, "a communication system of teletypewriters," from tel(etype) ex(change).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
TELEX
teletypewriter exchange
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