reperforator

[ ree-pur-fuh-rey-ter ]

noun

1. (especially in teletype transmission) a machine for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages so that they may later be retransmitted: used for automatic typesetting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reperforator¹

1915–20; re- + perforator ( def )

Example Sentences

The perforations set up electric impulses in a transmitter that go out by wire to a reperforator machine in the newspaper office.

From Time Magazine Archive

The reperforator duplicates the tape while printing the words on a monitoring machine so that editors can read the "taped" story.

From Time Magazine Archive