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Teletypewriter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An electromechanical typewriter that either transmits or receives messages coded in electrical signals carried by telegraph or telephone wires.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An electromechanical communications device consisting of a typewriter keyboard and printer together with a punched paper tape reader/writer and connection to a modem so that information may be sent and received over a telephone system.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

Word Usage

"The change doesn't affect the toll-free number for deaf or hard-of-hearing customers who connect with the teletypewriter device."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

character printer serial printer character-at-a-time printer

Cross Reference

teleprinter

Form

radioteletypewriter

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