telex
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 5
/tɛl.ɛks/
(UK)
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/tɛl.ɛks/ (UK) · /ˈtɛˌlɛks/ · /ˈtɛlɛks/
Definition of telex
7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A network of teletypes.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A network of teletypes.
- (countable, uncountable)A teletype message sent through such a network.
- (countable, uncountable)A teletype device connected to such a network.
verb
- (transitive)To send a message over a telex network.
name
- (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of telex in its various senses.
- A convention for encoding Vietnamese text for transmission across telex systems.
- Input method for Vietnamese text based on this convention.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From genericization of Telex Printergram and Telex, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange.
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