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Linotype

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.
  2. 2
    a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal wordnet
  3. 3
    The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines.
Verb
  1. 1
    To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a trade name, presumably line + -o- + type.

Etymology 2

From a trade name, presumably line + -o- + type.

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