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CHARACTER-AT-A-TIME PRINTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A printer that prints a single character at a time
Synonyms:
character-at-a-time printer; character printer; serial printer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("character-at-a-time printer" is a kind of...):
printer; printing machine (a machine that prints)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "character-at-a-time printer"):
daisywheel printer (a printer that uses a daisy print wheel)
teleprinter; teletype machine; teletypewriter; telex; telex machine (a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter)
stock ticker; ticker (a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape)
typewriter (hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time)
