telotype
English edit
Etymology edit
A sumpsimus variation of teletype using the less common Ancient Greek form telo- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + type.
Noun edit
telotype (plural telotypes)
- (obsolete) Synonym of teletype: a telegraph that automatically prints transmited messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols; the telegrams produced by this device.
References edit
- “telotype, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021. - “telotype”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
