teletext
[
tel
-i-tekst]
/ˈtɛl ɪˌtɛkst/
noun
,
Television.
1.
a system that allows viewers having television sets with special decoders to receive signals that display printed information as well as graphics on their screens.
Compare
videotex
.
Origin
tele-
1
+
text
Examples from the web for
teletext
Communication devices: adaptations to computers for communication or environmental control, speaker telephone,
teletext
devices.
Zenith said its digital set will have a built-in receiver for
teletext
news and information services.
British Dictionary definitions for
teletext
teletext
/
ˈtɛlɪˌtɛkst
/
noun
1.
a form of Videotex in which information is broadcast by a television station and received on an adapted television set
Teletext
/
ˈtɛlɪˌtɛkst
/
noun
1.
trademark (in Britain, formerly) the ITV teletext service
See
Ceefax