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linecasters

linecasters is the plural of linecaster.

Meaning of linecaster

Noun

linecaster (plural linecasters)

  1. A typesetting machine that casts entire lines of type in metal slugs.
    • With the exception of special unit width founts the brass width of linecaster matrices is measured in thousandths of an inch which is then converted into whatever unit of measurement is used by the perforator; this may be either 1/64th, 1/96th, 1/128th of a pica or 18, 32, or 64 units of set.1966, Institute of Printing, University of Sussex, Computer Typesetting Conference, page 19

Questions about linecasters

What is linecasters the plural of?
Linecasters is the plural of linecaster.

Words near linecasters in the dictionary

  1. linebroadening
  2. linebroadenings
  3. linecard
  4. linecards
  5. linecaster
  6. linecasters
  7. linecasting
  8. linecut
  9. linecuts
  10. lined
  11. lined antshrike

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