linecaster

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

linecasters plural

词源

From line + caster.
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