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telotype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
telo-type
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Obsolete

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

telotypes (plural)

Synonyms

teletype

Questions

What does telotype mean?
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.
Where does telotype come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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