Definition of "telex" [telex]

• A communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals. (noun)
• A message sent or received by such a system. (noun)
• To send (a message) by telex. (verb-transitive)

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• "The otherwise fabulous Regis McKenna Inc. office in Palo Alto was still using something called telex."
• "I could barely wait to get back to the small office we had in Paris and type up what was called the telex in those days, which was a very clunky machine."
• "What I noticed on their business cards at the time was something called a telex number."