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Linotype Definition

☆ Lino·type (līn′ə tīp′)

a typesetting machine that casts an entire line of type in one bar, or slug: it is operated from a keyboard

Etymology: < line of type

noun

  1. a machine of this kind
  2. matter set in this way

transitive verb, intransitive verb -·typed′, -·typ′·ing

to set (matter) with this machine

Linotype Related Forms
li′no·typ′·ist noun or li′no·typ′er

Browse dictionary entries near Linotype

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  7. ‹ lino
  8. ‹ linnet
  9. ‹ Linnaeus
  10. ‹ Linnaean
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