What does "teletypewriter" mean?

Synonym of teletype (“telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols”).

What is a synonym for "teletypewriter"?

Common synonyms include: code, electricity, instrument, key, machine, magnetic tape.

noun

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Noun

1
Synonym of teletype (“telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols”).
2
a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter wordnet

From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + typewriter.

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