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• linotype
  linotype

  verb

  to typeset on a Linotype machine.
• Linotype
  Linotype

  a brand of typesetting machine that casts solid lines of type from brass dies, or matrices, selected automatically by actuating a keyboard.

linotype

¹ American  

[lahy-nuh-tahyp] / ˈlaɪ nəˌtaɪp /

verb

Printing.

linotyped, linotyping

1. to typeset on a Linotype machine.

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Linotype ² American  

[lahy-nuh-tahyp] / ˈlaɪ nəˌtaɪp /

Trademark.

1. a brand of typesetting machine that casts solid lines of type from brass dies, or matrices, selected automatically by actuating a keyboard.

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Linotype British  

/ ˈlaɪnəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. a typesetting machine, operated by a keyboard, that casts an entire line on one solid slug of metal

2. type produced by such a machine

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Other Word Forms

• linotyper
  noun
• linotypist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of linotype

see origin at Linotype

Example Sentences

As of 1880, the linotype machine was invented, which also made printing much cheaper and more simple than it had been.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

This room is likely a holdover from the building’s printing plant days — perhaps an office, or a lounge, situated just above the linotype machines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2018

Tourists regularly stopped for photos of themselves with the old linotype machine at the entrance to the 15th Street building.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2015

Is that what you mean, or is it more about carbon copies and linotype?

From Salon • May 17, 2012

Now that a linotype operator had been hired to set type, they had a little more free time.

From The Secret Pact by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)