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movable types

movable types is the plural of movable type.

Meaning of movable type

Noun

movable type (countable and uncountable, plural movable types)

  1. A system of printing and typography that uses movable components such as individual letters or punctuation to reproduce the elements of a document.

Questions about movable types

What is movable types the plural of?
Movable types is the plural of movable type.

Words near movable types in the dictionary

  1. movable feasts
  2. movable nu
  3. movable nus
  4. movable property
  5. movable type
  6. movable types
  7. movableness
  8. movables
  9. movably
  10. moval
  11. movals

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