telexn.
/ˈtɛlɛks/, U.S. /ˈtɛˌlɛks/ Now chiefly historical.
1. A system of communication in which text-based messages are transmitted and received using teleprinters connected to a global network; a teleprinter used in this system. Frequently attributive.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > types or systems of
multiple telegraphy1876
quadruplex1878
cable system1887
harmonic telegraphy1902
typo-telegraphy1903
telex1932
society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > printing telegraphs
printing telegraph1841
telotype1850
printer1859
pantelegraph1860
magneto-printer1883
typo-telegraph1888
teletyper1895
telecryptograph1904
teletype1904
teletypewriter1904
Creed1911
teleprinter1911
teletypesetter1928
telex1968
1932 Financial Times 29 July 5/1 The new ‘Telex’ service of simultaneous typewriting from office to office over telephone wires will be open to the public in London on 15th August.
1939 Electr. Communication Jan. 222/2 Strong grounds exist for the belief that..a spontaneous and universal growth of Telex will follow.
1958 Times 2 Sept. 5/2 Telex subscribers are linked to a system by which they can exchange typed messages by teleprinter.
1968 R. V. Beste Repeat Instruct. xxii. 233 He..was told to ring back at midnight when they should have the answer on the Telex.
1974 C. Hampton Savages (1976) xiii. 64 Installing a telex in the interests of business efficiency.
2011 M. Boisot & M. Nordberg in M. Boisot et al. Collisions & Collaboration 51 The terse impersonal messages that used to be sent by telex can now be transmitted face to face via video-conferencing.
2. A message sent using this system.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of
telotype1850
cablegram1868
cable-message1877
phonogram1880
cable1883
ticking1888
aerogram1890
T.T.1893
petit bleu1898
Marconigram1902
radio-telegram1902
radiogram1903
wireless1903
news flash1904
teleflash1904
lettergram1908
day letter1910
night letter telegram1910
night telegraph letter1912
radio1915
printergram1932
teletype1933
greeting telegram1937
telemessage1941
overnight telegram1955
telex1957
1957 Mine & Quarry Engin. June 273/3 For cables and telexes, the department will continue to use the Trafford Park address.
1968 Observer 15 Jan. 10/4 Telexes by the yard.
1980 Daily Tel. 9 July 16 The first I heard of it was when I got a telex of congratulation.
2012 K. Eichenwald 500 Days (2013) 533 A telex from the U.S. embassy in Ottawa to the secretary of state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
telexv.
/ˈtɛlɛks/, U.S. /ˈtɛˌlɛks/ 1. transitive. To contact (a person or place) by telex.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph a message [verb (transitive)] > send by teleprinter or telex > contact by telex
telex1958
1958 in U.S. Treaties & Other Internat. Agreem. (U.S. Dept. of State) (1960) X. iii. 2479 Stockholm [was] telexed from Sundsvall.
1968 C. Burke Elephant across Border ii. 74 I must telex Allard by eleven.
1979 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 4 Oct. 3/6 The managing director of Hudson Conway Holdings Ltd...said yesterday he had telexed the Queensland Opposition offering to open his company's files to them.
2001 A. Robinson Mem. Unfit Mother xiv. 192 I telexed him in Blantyre from the Liverpool Daily Post.
2. transitive and intransitive. To send (a message or document) by telex.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph [verb (intransitive)] > operate teleprinter or telex
teletype1924
telex1959
society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph a message [verb (transitive)] > send by teleprinter or telex
teletype1904
teleprint1933
telex1959
1959 Guardian 6 Oct. 5/1 An essay..that might just possibly swing the election for the Tories if it could be Telexed before Thursday.
1972 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 17 (advt.) Write, telephone or telex for information now.
1983 Listener 28 Apr. 24/2 One didn't know one's every word was being..telexed direct to the Shah for his comment.
2002 N. DeMille Up Country xxxviii. 519 I couldn't get through by phone, so I telexed and faxed.
Derivatives
ˈtelexed adj.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [adjective] > sent by telegraph > teleprinted or telexed
teletyped1932
teleprinted1934
telexed1960
1960 Guardian 13 Dec. 8/6 In a telexed message to 18 cities and towns Mr. Bevins declared that direct dialling..was planned to start in six months.
1977 J. le Carré Honourable Schoolboy i. iv. 66 On the last Friday of each month, a telexed money order arrived from Paris.
2005 Independent 5 Feb. 37/3 Telexed copy dies out in my files in the late 1980s and computer records suddenly arrive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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