teletype machine

Other forms: teletype machines

Definitions of teletype machine
  1. noun
    a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
    synonyms: teleprinter, teletypewriter, telex, telex machine
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    type of:
    character printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer
    a printer that prints a single character at a time
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