linotype

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.
  2. The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines.

verb

  1. To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.

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