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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A device for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages for later retransmission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English perforator English reperforator From re- + perforator.
