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单词 Linotype
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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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