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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: teleprinter + exchange

telex

 noun
     
Related topics: Telephone, Telegraph
tel‧ex
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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