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telotype

telotype noun: 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.

Noun

telotype (plural telotypes)

  1. (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.
    Synonyms:
    teletype

Synonyms of telotype

Forms of telotype

pluraltelotypes

Origin of telotype

A sumpsimus variation of teletype using the less common Ancient Greek form telo- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + type.

Questions about telotype

What does telotype mean?
Telotype means 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.
What part of speech is telotype?
Telotype is a noun.
What is the plural of telotype?
The plural of telotype is telotypes.

Words near telotype in the dictionary

  1. telotrochs
  2. telotrophic
  3. telotropic
  4. Telotte
  5. Telottes
  6. telotype
  7. telotypes
  8. teloxantrone
  9. telpek
  10. telpeks
  11. telpher

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