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Nov 29, 2009
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tel•ex



Pronunciation: (tel'eks), [key]
—n.
1. (sometimes cap.) a two-way teletypewriter service channeled through a public telecommunications system for instantaneous, direct communication between subscribers at remote locations.
2. a teletypewriter used to send or receive on such a service.
3. a message transmitted by telex.

—v.t.
1. to send (a message) by telex: We telex instructions to the agent.
2. to send a message by telex to: They telexed the Paris office.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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