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Definition: COMPOSING RULE |
COMPOSING RULE1. (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting rule . |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Piece of steel or brass used in a composing stick and against which the types are set. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Printing | Boldface, capitals, caps., catchword; composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick; italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype; lower case, upper case; make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, point system: -/, -/,, point, etc.; press room, press work; reglet, roman; running head, running title; scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "COMPOSING RULE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | L du composteur. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | omposingcay uleray | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: supercooling. | |
-2 letters: recomposing. | |
-3 letters: compulsion, ergonomics, necropolis, neurologic, preclusion, precooling, proscenium, recoupling, sporogenic. | |
-4 letters: closuring, colorings, colouring, comingles, compering, compilers, compliers, complines, composing, composure, coopering, counselor, couplings, crumpling, epigonous, ergonomic, impugners, inclosure, monecious, morseling, necropoli, neologism, oligomers, pecorinos, picomoles, poloniums, prelusion, presuming, proconsul, prologues, prolonges, prolusion, promulges, pronuclei, reclusion, recouping, replicons, repulsing, repulsion, scrooping. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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