a keyboard device whose output can either be punched tape, which can be used directly to operate a line-casting machine, or be transmitted by cable or wire to operate such a machine indirectly
Derived forms
teletypesetting (ˌteleˈtypeˌsetting)
noun
Teletypesetter in American English
(ˌtelɪˈtaipˌsetər, ˈtelɪˌtaip-)
noun
trademark
a brand name for an apparatus, actuated by punched paper tape, that fits over the keyboard of a slugcasting machine, as the Linotype, for operating it automatically