telotype
(ˈtɛləʊtaɪp)
[f. telo-2 + type.]
An electric telegraph that automatically prints the messages as received; also, a telegram so printed.
| 1850 F. Galton Telotype 3 In the Telotype (as our instrument may be termed), by merely touching a key on which any letter is marked that letter is to be printed, almost instantaneously, at the opposite end of the line. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade Products, Telotype, the name given to a printing electric telegraph. 1877 Knight Dict. Mech., Telotype, a printed telegram. |