filmsetting

American

[film-set-ing] / ˈfɪlmˌsɛt ɪŋ /

noun

Printing.

photocomposition.

filmsetting British

/ ˈfɪlmˌsɛtɪŋ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of filmsetting

First recorded in 1950–55; film + set + -ing ¹

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