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filmsetter

filmsetter noun: a filmsetting machine.

Noun

filmsetter (plural filmsetters)

  1. A filmsetting machine.
    • This provided an input speed that exceeded the capability of unscanned image filmsetters. Unscanned filmsetter devices use a moving matrix grid or a stationary character grid with electromechanical control of character selection for photographic recording.1978, Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, →ISBN
    • The first thing to remember about a filmsetter is that it is a camera and that its function is to present language in all its beauty, variety and intricacy.1989, Allen Hutt, Bob James, Newspaper Design Today: A Manual for Professionals, page 24

Forms of filmsetter

pluralfilmsetters

Origin of filmsetter

From film + setter.

Questions about filmsetter

What does filmsetter mean?
Filmsetter means a filmsetting machine.
What part of speech is filmsetter?
Filmsetter is a noun.
What is the plural of filmsetter?
The plural of filmsetter is filmsetters.

Words near filmsetter in the dictionary

  1. films out
  2. filmscript
  3. filmscripts
  4. filmset
  5. filmsets
  6. filmsetter
  7. filmsetters
  8. filmsetting
  9. filmsettings
  10. filmslide
  11. filmslides

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