About The Word Linotype
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Linotype
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What's The Definition Of Linotype?
[n] (trade mark) a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal
Synonyms | Synonyms for Linotype: Linotype machine Related Terms | Find terms related to Linotype: cold-type typesetting | composing | composing stick | composition | computerized typesetting | dummy | furniture | galley chase | hot-metal typesetting | imposition | Intertype | justification | layout | line of type | Monotype | photocomposition | photosetting | phototypesetter | phototypesetting machine | quoin | setting | slug | typesetting | typesetting machine See Also | typesetting machine Linotype In Webster's Dictionary \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 upon keys like those of a typewriter the
matrices for one line are properly arranged; the
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.
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