teleprinter

Questions about teleprinter

What does teleprinter mean?

teleprinter means "a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter".

How many syllables are in teleprinter?

teleprinter has 4 syllables and divides as te-le-prin-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for teleprinter?

Close synonyms include teletypewriter, teletype machine, telex, telex machine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is teleprinter a common word?

teleprinter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.