Li·no·type /ˈlaɪnəˌtaɪp/
 自動鑄造排字機(vi.)以自動排字機排字(vt.)以自動排字機排


 Lin·o·type n.  Print. (a) A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing the keys of a keyboard like one on a typewriter, the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the entire line, or stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whole process being automatic. (b) The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed in such lines. -- Lin*o*typ*ist n.

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 Linotype
      n : a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an
          entire line as a single slug of metal [syn: {Linotype
          machine]