telex

Examples

• All

• Just then, the aide comes in and hands a telex to the head KGB officer.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The switchboard desk telephones, telex, and fax machines were up and running.

  Fiction book (1995)

• John, this telex just came in for you.

  The Fourth Protocol (1987)

• I received a telex from your office in Los Angeles.

  The Formula (1980)

• You have a copy of this telex?

  Tim (1979)

• I received a telex from Beijing last night.

  Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

• This is a telex from home responding to my report.

  Sorcerer (1977)

• Here's the telex from head office in New York.

  Nine to Five (1980)

• Adler finds the telex message sheet he's looking for and hands it to Red.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I received a telex from your office in Los Angeles.

Synonyms

T

teletype

vstelex

• Archaic

4 8.4

A machine that sends and prints typed messages over long distances

refers narrowly to the physical device used on a telegraph network

T

teletype machine

vstelex

• Archaic

1 8.8

A machine that types and prints messages sent over telegraph lines

is the same device but stressed for a written telegraph network

T

teleprinter

vstelex

• Archaic

1 8.8

A machine like a typewriter that sends and prints messages over wires

is the same machine but emphasises operation on a telegraph network

T

telex machine

vstelex

• Archaic

1 9.6

A machine like a typewriter that sends typed messages over wires

is the general device used for that specific telegraph network communication

T

TTY

vstelex

• Archaic

1 9.8

An old machine that types and sends messages over wires

is the same device but described for active telegraph network message use

T

teletypewriter

vstelex

• Archaic

8.8

A machine like a typewriter that prints messages sent over wires

focuses specifically on use within a telegraph message network

Compounds

T

telex machine

• Archaic

1 9.6

A machine like a typewriter that sends typed messages over wires

Surface Forms

Etymology