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printwheel

printwheel noun: in early printers, a disk bearing impressions of characters around its rim; these are struck against the page to produce text.

Noun

printwheel (plural printwheels)

  1. In early printers, a disk bearing impressions of characters around its rim; these are struck against the page to produce text.

Forms of printwheel

pluralprintwheels
alternative formprint wheel
alternative formprint-wheel

Origin of printwheel

From print + wheel.

Questions about printwheel

What does printwheel mean?
Printwheel means in early printers, a disk bearing impressions of characters around its rim; these are struck against the page to produce text.
What part of speech is printwheel?
Printwheel is a noun.
What is the plural of printwheel?
The plural of printwheel is printwheels.

Words near printwheel in the dictionary

  1. printsellers
  2. printshop
  3. printshops
  4. Printup
  5. Printups
  6. printwheel
  7. printwheels
  8. printworker
  9. printworkers
  10. printworks
  11. printworthiness

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