TELETYPE MACHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teletype machine mean? 

• TELETYPE MACHINE (noun)
  The noun TELETYPE MACHINE has 1 sense:

1. a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

  Familiarity information: TELETYPE MACHINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELETYPE MACHINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

teleprinter; teletype machine; teletypewriter; telex; telex machine

Hypernyms ("teletype machine" is a kind of...):

character-at-a-time printer; character printer; serial printer (a printer that prints a single character at a time)