telex
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈtel.eks/us/ˈtel.eks/amethodofsendingwrittenmessagesdown aphonelinefrom oneteleprinterto another, themachinethat does this, or themessageitself:
电传;电传打字机;电传电报Thedetailsweresentbytelex.详细资料用电传发送过去了。
He had beenhandeda telex about Angelica'smissingfriendSteve.
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teleprinter
- Stewartsentanurgenttelex to Bucharest.
- Anoticesentbyfax, telex, or telepost shouldreachtheorganizationquickly.
- He got ajobas a telexoperatorfor a Cityfirm.
Communications - messaging
- beep
- bleeper
- direct message
- DM
- EMS
- facsimile
- intercom
- Mailgram
- message
- messaging
- p.m.
- page
- pager
- resend
- Telemessage
- text
- text message
- thnq
- tweet
- tweetstorm
telex
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈtel.eks/us/ˈtel.eks/tosendamessagedown aphonelinefrom oneteleprinterto another:
[+ two objects]We telexed him thenewsatonce.
Iwrote, Iphoned, I telexed, but I couldn'treachher.
- If it weretruehe would have telexed myhotel.
- Herefuseda telexedinvitationtoattendtheconference.
- By telexing theScienceReference Library in London we couldobtaincopiesofforeignpatentswithin theweek.
Communications - messaging
- beep
- bleeper
- direct message
- DM
- EMS
- facsimile
- intercom
- Mailgram
- message
- messaging
- p.m.
- page
- pager
- resend
- Telemessage
- text
- text message
- thnq
- tweet
- tweetstorm