Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals.
- noun A message sent or received by such a system.
- transitive verb To send (a message) by telex.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A communications system consisting of a network of
teletypewriters . - noun A message sent through such a network.
- noun The machine used to send and receive such messages.
- verb transitive To send (a message) by telex.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb communicate by telex
- noun a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The otherwise fabulous Regis McKenna Inc. office in Palo Alto was still using something called telex.
William Bradley: Steve Jobs: Hardly a Perfect Person, Perhaps a Perfect Icon William Bradley 2011
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The otherwise fabulous Regis McKenna Inc. office in Palo Alto was still using something called telex.
William Bradley: Steve Jobs: Hardly a Perfect Person, Perhaps a Perfect Icon William Bradley 2011
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I could barely wait to get back to the small office we had in Paris and type up what was called the telex in those days, which was a very clunky machine.
Zandile Blay: A New Book Explores The Softer Side of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel 2009
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What I noticed on their business cards at the time was something called a telex number.
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The otherwise fabulous Regis McKenna Inc. office in Palo Alto was still using something called telex.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com William Bradley 2011
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It's the telex machine all over a-bloody-again, I tell you.
Introducing Bernie the mogul's next blockbuster: Star Wars F1? | Harry Pearson 2011
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I'll never forget the jolt of excitement that seized me, nor my frantic rush to the telex machine to get the news to the world.
Alan Elsner: Lessons From Israel's Osirek Raid 30 Years Ago Alan Elsner 2011
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I'll never forget the jolt of excitement that seized me, nor my frantic rush to the telex machine to get the news to the world.
Alan Elsner: Lessons From Israel's Osirek Raid 30 Years Ago Alan Elsner 2011
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By contrast, the telephone and telegraph had barely changed since he was born; radio and talkies had been around since his youth; only television and yawn telex were true novelties.
Why Transportation Has Gone Nowhere Fast Matt Ridley 2011
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He had a chattering telex in his flat, in the hallway by the bathroom.
Two Sides of One Half Alex M. Pruteanu 2011
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