typebar
typebar noun: in some typewriters, an arm actuated by pressing the keys that carried the type to strike the ribbon to form a letter.
Noun
typebar (plural typebars)
- In some typewriters, an arm actuated by pressing the keys that carried the type to strike the ribbon to form a letter.
- The speedy, well-engineered Underwood was eventually so successful that within a couple of decades, the vast majority of typewriters followed its model: They were single-shift, frontstroke, typebar typewriters with four-bank QWERTY keyboards, inked by a ribbon.2018, Mark J. P. Wolf, The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence
Forms of typebar
| plural | typebars |
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Origin of typebar
From type + bar.
Questions about typebar
- What does typebar mean?
- Typebar means in some typewriters, an arm actuated by pressing the keys that carried the type to strike the ribbon to form a letter.
- What part of speech is typebar?
- Typebar is a noun.
- What is the plural of typebar?
- The plural of typebar is typebars.
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