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linotype
(encz) | Linotype, |
Linotype
(gcide) | Linotype \Lin"o*type\, n. [See Line; Type.] (Print.)
(a) A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings,
each of which corresponds to a line of separate types.
By pressing the keys of a keyboard like one on a
typewriter, the matrices for one line are properly
arranged; the entire line, or stereotype, or slug, is
then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to
their proper places, the whole process being
automatic.
(b) The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed
in such lines. -- Lin"o*typ`ist, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
linotype
(wn) | Linotype
n 1: a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts
an entire line as a single slug of metal [syn: Linotype,
Linotype machine] |
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Linotype
(gcide) | Linotype \Lin"o*type\, n. [See Line; Type.] (Print.)
(a) A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings,
each of which corresponds to a line of separate types.
By pressing the keys of a keyboard like one on a
typewriter, the matrices for one line are properly
arranged; the entire line, or stereotype, or slug, is
then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to
their proper places, the whole process being
automatic.
(b) The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed
in such lines. -- Lin"o*typ`ist, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
linotype machine
(wn) | Linotype machine
n 1: a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts
an entire line as a single slug of metal [syn: Linotype,
Linotype machine] |
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