teleprinter
[ tel-uh-prin-ter ]
/ ˈtɛl əˌprɪn tər /
noun
a teletypewriter.
Origin of teleprinter
First recorded in 1925–30;
Tele(type) +
printer
Words nearby teleprinter
teleplasm,
teleplay,
telepoint,
teleport,
telepresence,
teleprinter,
teleprocessing,
teleprompter,
teleradiography,
teleran,
telerecording
Example sentences from the Web for teleprinter
What gets to the public is photoprint, out of a teleprinter.
Four-Day Planet |Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for teleprinter
teleprinter
/ (ˈtɛlɪˌprɪntə) /
noun
a telegraph apparatus consisting of a keyboard transmitter, which converts a typed message into coded pulses for transmission along a wire or cable, and a printing receiver, which converts incoming signals and prints out the message
US name: teletypewriter See also telex, radioteletype
a network of such devices, formerly used for communicating information, etc
a similar device used for direct input/output of data into a computer at a distant location