/ray'dee oh tel"i tuyp'/ , n.
1. Also called radioteletypewriter . /ray'dee oh tel'i tuyp"ruy'teuhr, -tel"i tuyp ruy'-/ . a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
2. the equipment relating to transmission by radioteletypes, taken as a whole.
[ 1935-40; RADIO- + TELETYPE ]