Definition of Linotype in English:

Linotype

noun ˈlʌɪnə(ʊ)tʌɪpˈlaɪnoʊtaɪp

Printing trademark

A composing machine producing lines of words as single strips of metal, used chiefly for newspapers. It is now rarely used.
Example sentencesExamples
- There's no way a typewriter could ‘set’ the type in this memo and even a good typesetter using a Linotype machine of the era would have to spend hours getting this effect.
- I'd thought that ‘slug’ applied to any piece of mechanically cast type, whether a Linotype's lines or a Monotype's sorts.
- In Linotype, molten metal was set into whole lines of type.
- In those days type was cast in hot metal on Linotype machines and if power was off, the metal went cold.
- It sounds like the Victorian era when I talk about it now, but I was an indentured apprentice and I was in there at the death of hot metal and I still think that a Linotype machine is a more amazing creation than a computer.

Origin

Late 19th century: alteration of the phrase line o' type.

Definition of Linotype in US English:

Linotype

nounˈlīnōtīpˈlaɪnoʊtaɪp

Printing trademark

A composing machine producing lines of words as single strips of metal, used chiefly for newspapers. It is now rarely used.
Example sentencesExamples
- It sounds like the Victorian era when I talk about it now, but I was an indentured apprentice and I was in there at the death of hot metal and I still think that a Linotype machine is a more amazing creation than a computer.
- In Linotype, molten metal was set into whole lines of type.
- In those days type was cast in hot metal on Linotype machines and if power was off, the metal went cold.
- There's no way a typewriter could ‘set’ the type in this memo and even a good typesetter using a Linotype machine of the era would have to spend hours getting this effect.
- I'd thought that ‘slug’ applied to any piece of mechanically cast type, whether a Linotype's lines or a Monotype's sorts.

Origin

Late 19th century: alteration of the phrase line o' type.

单词	Linotype
释义	Definition of Linotype in English: Linotype noun ˈlʌɪnə(ʊ)tʌɪpˈlaɪnoʊtaɪp Printing trademark A composing machine producing lines of words as single strips of metal, used chiefly for newspapers. It is now rarely used. Example sentencesExamples There's no way a typewriter could ‘set’ the type in this memo and even a good typesetter using a Linotype machine of the era would have to spend hours getting this effect. I'd thought that ‘slug’ applied to any piece of mechanically cast type, whether a Linotype's lines or a Monotype's sorts. In Linotype, molten metal was set into whole lines of type. In those days type was cast in hot metal on Linotype machines and if power was off, the metal went cold. It sounds like the Victorian era when I talk about it now, but I was an indentured apprentice and I was in there at the death of hot metal and I still think that a Linotype machine is a more amazing creation than a computer. Origin Late 19th century: alteration of the phrase line o' type. Definition of Linotype in US English: Linotype nounˈlīnōtīpˈlaɪnoʊtaɪp Printing trademark A composing machine producing lines of words as single strips of metal, used chiefly for newspapers. It is now rarely used. Example sentencesExamples It sounds like the Victorian era when I talk about it now, but I was an indentured apprentice and I was in there at the death of hot metal and I still think that a Linotype machine is a more amazing creation than a computer. In Linotype, molten metal was set into whole lines of type. In those days type was cast in hot metal on Linotype machines and if power was off, the metal went cold. There's no way a typewriter could ‘set’ the type in this memo and even a good typesetter using a Linotype machine of the era would have to spend hours getting this effect. I'd thought that ‘slug’ applied to any piece of mechanically cast type, whether a Linotype's lines or a Monotype's sorts. Origin Late 19th century: alteration of the phrase line o' type.
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