telex machine
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈtɛlɛks məˈʃin/
- Archaic
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máquina de telex
- The artist made his aims clear in a shorter message, placed next to the telex machine: "I want to point out that the content of the three messages—especially that which is explicitly ideological or social—possesses a material reality in the consciousness of the receivers." 33
Examples
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In the 1980s, many businesses relied on a telex machine to communicate important information instantly.
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Being a casual fan of words, I always spend my Novembers waiting by the telex machine for the annual five-bell alarm that signals the printout of the Oxford Dictionaries USA Word of the Year.
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The telex machine allowed newspapers to receive breaking news quickly from around the world.
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The telex machine made it possible for remote offices to send and receive documents without delay.
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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A machine like a typewriter that sends and prints messages over wires
A machine like a typewriter that prints messages sent over wires
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun–noun composition: 'telex' (a device/service for sending typed telegraph messages) combined with 'machine' yields 'a machine used for telex messaging.' This follows regular compounding patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can derive the meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Telex machine comes from old systems where a typewriter was linked by wires to another typewriter far away. When you typed, the letters travelled down the wires and printed at the other end, so a telex machine came to mean 'a device to send and receive typed messages' across long distances.