telex - Definition from the TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH topic - TECHNOLOGY

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Topic: TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH

Date:	1900-2000
Origin:	teleprinter + exchange

telex
noun

tel‧ex

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1 [uncountable]TCT a method of communication, in which messages are written on a special machine and then sent using the telephone network

2 [countable]TCT a message sent in this way

—telex verb [intransitive and transitive]

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