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Definition: Type Metal |
Type MetalNoun1. An alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | An alloy of lead, antimony, tin and some times copper. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
One characteristic that makes it valuable for this use is that it expands as it cools, filling in any gaps present in the serifs and thinner portions of letters. This characteristic is shared by the bronze used to cast sculptures, but copper-based alloys generally have melting points that are too high to be convenient for typesetting.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Type metal."
Crosswords: Type Metal |
| English words defined with "type metal": Quadrat. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "type metal": BLOCKER, METAL BASE ♦ composing-machine operator ♦ French rule ♦ INJECTOR ASSEMBLER ♦ LINOTYPE OPERATOR ♦ MACHINIST, LINOTYPE ♦ plain swelled rule ♦ teletypesetter monitor, TYPESETTING-MACHINE TENDER. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "type metal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | печатарска буква (type). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lood (lead), letterspijs (printer's metal), lettermetaal (printer's metal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | métal typographique, métal d'imprimerie, métal caractères. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schriftmetall (printer's metal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | betûfém. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lega tipografica (printer's metal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | clouveayn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ypetay etalmay гарт (metal, type-metal). (various references) legura olova i antimona. (various references) harf metali. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-p-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: palmette, template. | |
-2 letters: layette, palette, peltate, templet. | |
-3 letters: empale, lyttae, meetly, metate, metepa, mettle, pattee, pelmet, pettle, tamely, temple. | |
-4 letters: ample, amply, aptly, elate, empty, etape, etyma, latte, leapt, lepta, lytta, malty, maple, matey, matte, mealy, meaty, metal, palet, palmy, patly, patty, payee, peaty, petal, petty, plate, platy, pleat, telae, tempt, tepal, typal. | |
-5 letters: alee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-p-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: temperately. | |
+4 letters: intemperately, penultimately. | |
+5 letters: departmentally, empathetically, hyperstimulate, premeditatedly. | |
| 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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