linotype

English

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Compound from English line (figure, stated positions of a political religious group) + English -o- (mock-Spanish suffix)+ English type.

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English

type

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