- slugcasting
- \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
: the mechanical casting of printer's slugs that are either keyboard assembled or hand assembled : linecasting
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… … Universalium
Teletypesetter — |telə+ trademark used for an apparatus for the automatic operation of a keyboard slugcasting machine consisting essentially of a separate keyboard that perforates a tape which is fed either into an attachment to the slugcasting machine or into a… … Useful english dictionary
Teletypesetter — teletypesetting, n. /tel i tuyp set euhr, tel i tuyp /, Trademark. a brand name for an apparatus, actuated by punched paper tape, that fits over the keyboard of a slugcasting machine, as the Linotype, for operating it automatically. Abbr.: TTS *… … Universalium
composing stick — noun : a shallow tray formerly of wood but now usually of metal that has an adjustable slide and is held in one hand by a compositor as he sets type into it with the other hand; also : a device of comparable function (as for hand setting matrices … Useful english dictionary
linecasting — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the act or process of producing type in the form of metal slugs called also slugcasting … Useful english dictionary
slugcast — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: slug (III) + cast : produced by slugcasting slugcast composition … Useful english dictionary
spaceband — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a device consisting typically of a joined pair of thin reciprocally tapered steel wedges that is used as a variable width space in keyboard slugcasting machines to expand and force the line of assembled matrices out to full… … Useful english dictionary
typograph — I. ˈtīpəˌgraf, rȧf sometimes ˈtip noun Etymology: typ + graph 1. : a keyboard operated slugcasting machine that uses circulating matrices and functions on principles basically similar to those of the linotype 2. : Ludlow II. transitive verb … Useful english dictionary
