movable typen.

Brit.

/ˈmuːvəbl tʌɪp/, U.S.

/ˈmuvəb(ə)l ˌtaɪp/

Forms: see movable adj. and n. and type n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: movable adj., type n.

Etymology: < movable adj. + type n.

Printing.

An individually cast piece of type. Also: such pieces collectively; the system of printing which uses type of this kind.Although clay movable type was in use in China from the 11th cent., and metal movable type in Korea from the 13th cent., the term is usually applied to the system developed for printing Western alphabets from the mid 15th cent., associated esp. with J. Gutenberg (c1400–68). The reusability and durability of metal movable type enabled the invention of more efficient and regular multiple printing techniques than had been possible with earlier woodblock methods.

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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > movable

movable type1770

1732 S. Palmer Gen. Hist. Printing ii. 5 With the great space so many Pages of Wood must take up, we shall perceive the necessity of inventing moveable Metal Types.]

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 2 Those who have asserted that Faust was the first inventor of printing, have given for a reason, that they have never seen any book with Guttemberg's name to it; without considering, that their first essays in printing, both by blocks and moveable types,..were anonymous.

1816 W. Y. Ottley Inq. Early Hist. Engraving I. 6 The prodigious number of these characters..renders it impracticable for them [sc. the Chinese] to print their books with moveable types.

1859 Abridgements of Specifications relating to Printing (Patent Office) 15 Where, when, and by whom printing with moveable types was first practised, it seems impossible to determine with any certainty.

1933 T. S. Barber in W. Atkins Art & Pract. Printing IV. xx. 239 One of the difficulties encountered in actual printing with movable types was the fact that at times they moved and became displaced when the printer had no desire they should.

1974 Bertram Rota Ltd. Catal. No. 192. 2 Now the steady advance of film-setting may be heralding the beginning of the end of printing from moveable type.

2000 Daily Tel. 2 Nov. 27/1 It is, he says, the biggest thing since Gutenberg invented printing by movable type 560 years ago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	movable type
释义	movable typen. Brit. /ˈmuːvəbl tʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈmuvəb(ə)l ˌtaɪp/ Forms: see movable adj. and n. and type n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: movable adj., type n. Etymology: < movable adj. + type n. Printing. An individually cast piece of type. Also: such pieces collectively; the system of printing which uses type of this kind.Although clay movable type was in use in China from the 11th cent., and metal movable type in Korea from the 13th cent., the term is usually applied to the system developed for printing Western alphabets from the mid 15th cent., associated esp. with J. Gutenberg (c1400–68). The reusability and durability of metal movable type enabled the invention of more efficient and regular multiple printing techniques than had been possible with earlier woodblock methods. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > movable movable type1770 1732 S. Palmer Gen. Hist. Printing ii. 5 With the great space so many Pages of Wood must take up, we shall perceive the necessity of inventing moveable Metal Types.] 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 2 Those who have asserted that Faust was the first inventor of printing, have given for a reason, that they have never seen any book with Guttemberg's name to it; without considering, that their first essays in printing, both by blocks and moveable types,..were anonymous. 1816 W. Y. Ottley Inq. Early Hist. Engraving I. 6 The prodigious number of these characters..renders it impracticable for them [sc. the Chinese] to print their books with moveable types. 1859 Abridgements of Specifications relating to Printing (Patent Office) 15 Where, when, and by whom printing with moveable types was first practised, it seems impossible to determine with any certainty. 1933 T. S. Barber in W. Atkins Art & Pract. Printing IV. xx. 239 One of the difficulties encountered in actual printing with movable types was the fact that at times they moved and became displaced when the printer had no desire they should. 1974 Bertram Rota Ltd. Catal. No. 192. 2 Now the steady advance of film-setting may be heralding the beginning of the end of printing from moveable type. 2000 Daily Tel. 2 Nov. 27/1 It is, he says, the biggest thing since Gutenberg invented printing by movable type 560 years ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770
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