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TELETYPEWRITER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does teletypewriter mean?
• TELETYPEWRITER (noun)
The noun TELETYPEWRITER has 1 sense:
1. a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
Familiarity information: TELETYPEWRITER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
teleprinter; teletype machine; teletypewriter; telex; telex machine
Hypernyms ("teletypewriter" is a kind of...):
character-at-a-time printer; character printer; serial printer (a printer that prints a single character at a time)
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