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filmsetting

[film-set-ing]
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noun Printing.
  1. photocomposition.

Origin of filmsetting

First recorded in 1950–55; film + set + -ing1

filmset

[film-set]Printing.
verb (used with object), film·set, film·set·ting.
  1. to photocompose.
adjective
  1. (of type) set on a photocomposer.

Origin of filmset

First recorded in 1950–55; film + set
Related formsfilm·set·ter, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for filmsetting

filmsetting

noun
  1. printing typesetting by exposing type characters onto photographic film from which printing plates are made

filmset

verb -sets, -setting or -set
  1. (tr) to set (type matter) by filmsetting
Derived Formsfilmsetter, noun
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