telotype
English
editEtymology
editA sumpsimus variation of teletype using the less common Ancient Greek form telo- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + type.
Noun
edittelotype (plural telotypes)
- (obsolete) Synonym of teletype: a telegraph that automatically prints transmitted 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.