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Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of teletype: a telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols; the telegrams produced by this device. obsolete

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teletype

Etymology

A sumpsimus variation of teletype using the less common Ancient Greek form telo- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + type.

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