telex

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) 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.

verb (used with object)

4. to send (a message) by telex: We telex instructions to the agent.
5. to send a message by telex to: They telexed the Paris office.

noun

1. an international telegraph service in which teleprinters are rented out to subscribers for the purpose of direct communication
2. a teleprinter used in such a service
3. a message transmitted or received by telex

verb

4. to transmit (a message) to (a person, office, etc) by telex

1932, “a communication system of teletypewriters,” from tel(etype) ex(change).