LINOTYPE


Meaning of LINOTYPE in English

™ / ˈlaɪnəʊtaɪp; NAmE -noʊ-/ noun

a machine used in the past for printing newspapers, that produces a line of words as one strip of metal

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: alteration of the phrase line o' type .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.