Definition of "linotype" [linotype]

• A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters are set at once (noun)

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• "The linotype is the favorite composing machine for newspapers and is also widely used in typesetting for books, though the monotype is preferred by book printers."
• "This machine is called a linotype because it casts a whole line of type at a time."
• "Mae Ryan Working the linotype machine late at night at Brooklyn's Woodside Press."