Linotype, Linotype machine
(noun) a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
linotype (plural linotypes)
A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.
The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines.
linotype (third-person singular simple present linotypes, present participle linotyping, simple past and past participle linotyped)
To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
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