telex

A noun referring to a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter, used historically for sending and receiving typed messages over telecommunication networks.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un sistema de telecomunicación para enviar y recibir mensajes de texto impresos mediante una red telegráfica, así como el aparato o máquina de teletipo utilizado para ello, similar a una máquina de escribir, y el propio mensaje enviado por este medio.

1. Teleprinter system C1 formal

   A character printer connected to a telegraph network that operates like a typewriter for sending and receiving messages.

   • The office used a telex to communicate with overseas branches.
   • He typed the message on the telex machine.
   • Telex systems were widely used before the internet.

   🇪🇸Sistema de télex

   Sinónimos: teleprinterteletypewriter

2. Message sent via telex C1 formal

   A message transmitted through a telex network.

   • We received a telex confirming the shipment.
   • The telex contained urgent instructions from headquarters.
   • She sent a telex to the supplier about the order.

   🇪🇸Mensaje enviado por télex

• telexes plural form
• telexes' possessive plural form
• telex's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to send a message via a telex machine, a telecommunications system that was largely replaced by fax and email.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que significa enviar un mensaje a través de un teletipo o máquina de télex, un sistema de telecomunicación en gran medida reemplazado por el fax y el correo electrónico.

1. Communicate by telex C1 formal

   To send a message or communicate using a telex machine, a teleprinter network for text-based messages.

   • The office manager telexed the order to the supplier.
   • They telexed the urgent news to the headquarters.
   • He telexed the confirmation details to the client.

   🇪🇸Comunicar por télex

• telexed past participle
• telexed past simple
• telexing present participle
• telexes third person singular