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daisywheel printer

daisywheel printer noun: a printer that operates by striking the page with moulded characters from a rotating circular arrangement, obsolete since the late 1980s.

Noun

daisywheel printer (plural daisywheel printers)

  1. A printer that operates by striking the page with moulded characters from a rotating circular arrangement, obsolete since the late 1980s.

Forms of daisywheel printer

pluraldaisywheel printers

Origin of daisywheel printer

From daisy + wheel + printer, from the resemblance to the flower.

Questions about daisywheel printer

What does daisywheel printer mean?
Daisywheel printer means a printer that operates by striking the page with moulded characters from a rotating circular arrangement, obsolete since the late 1980s.
What part of speech is daisywheel printer?
Daisywheel printer is a noun.
What is the plural of daisywheel printer?
The plural of daisywheel printer is daisywheel printers.

Words near daisywheel printer in the dictionary

  1. daisycutters
  2. Daisyfield
  3. daisylike
  4. Daisys
  5. daisywheel
  6. daisywheel printer
  7. daisywheel printers
  8. daisywheels
  9. daith
  10. daith piercing
  11. daith piercings

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