Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

videotex

/vˈɪdioʊtˌɛks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: video-tex
IPA: /vˈɪdioʊtˌɛks/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A variety of extensions of this basic videotex terminal can be foreseen."
"In this paper, the development of a microprocessor based system for converting videotex pages to synthetic speech in real time, for the benefit of blind people, is described."

Etymology

From video + text.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

videotexes (plural) videotext (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce videotex?: The recorded pronunciation is /vˈɪdioʊtˌɛks/.
What does videotex mean?: Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.
Where does videotex come from?: From video + text.

How to pronounce videotex

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