teleprinter
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈtɛlɪˌprɪntər/
- Archaic
:
teleimpresora
- He received the latest report via teleprinter just before the meeting started.
But that message, when you type that message, the ticker tape would go from the compute the, the ticker tape machine teleprinter to the other side of the world.
- But that message, when you type that message, the ticker tape would go from the compute the, the ticker tape machine teleprinter to the other side of the world.
- The staff at Blessed Park were comforting in a way that it was teleprinter traffic, but puzzled as to its precise nature.
Examples
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He would get over the teleprinter landline, the summary suitably encrypted, he would set up his Type X machine.
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Without television, there could be no information age as we know it, and interaction with computers would be limited to teleprinters.
Blog text (7) -
Junior rips a sheet from the teleprinter.
Fiction book (2002) -
The Tunny machine was attached to a teleprinter keyboard.
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The office used a teleprinter to send urgent messages quickly over long distances.
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During the conference, the news updates were typed out on a teleprinter for everyone to read.
Synonyms
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9.3
A machine that types and sends written messages to distant places
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8.8
A machine that types and prints messages sent over telegraph lines
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9.8
An old machine that types and sends messages over wires
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9.6
A machine like a typewriter that sends typed messages over wires
A machine like a typewriter that prints messages sent over wires
How Immediate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Teleprinter comes from the first part tele- meaning 'far' and the word printer, a machine that prints text. So a teleprinter is a 'printer at a distance' that printed messages sent from far away.