filmsetting

[film-set-ing] /ˈfɪlmˌsɛt ɪŋ/

Word Origin

noun, Printing.

photocomposition.

Origin of filmsetting

1950-1955

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

filmset

[film-set] /ˈfɪlmˌsɛt/ Printing.

verb (used with object), filmset, filmsetting.

to photocompose.

adjective

(of type) set on a photocomposer.

Origin

First recorded in 1950-55; film + set

Related forms

filmsetter, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for filmsetting

filmsetting

/ˈfɪlmˌsɛtɪŋ/

noun

(printing) typesetting by exposing type characters onto photographic film from which printing plates are made

filmset

/ˈfɪlmˌsɛt/

verb -sets, -setting, -set

(transitive) to set (type matter) by filmsetting

Derived Forms

filmsetter, noun

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