Slug (disambiguation) — Slugs are gastropod mollusks without shells or with very small internal shells.Slug may also refer to: * Slug (mass), an English unit of mass * Slug test, a particular type of aquifer test * Slug (production), a short name given to products that… … Wikipedia
typesetting machine — Synonyms and related words: Composaline, Diatype, Elrod, Fotomatic, Fotosetter, Fototronic, Intertype, Linotype, Monotype, Photon, Zip, cold type typesetting, composing, composing stick, composition, computerized typesetting, dummy, furniture,… … Moby Thesaurus
typesetting machine — ▪ printing basic element in modern letterpress printing. The problem of mechanizing typesetting was solved in the 19th century by devising machines that could cast type from matrices, or molds. The first to be successful was that of Ottmar… … Universalium
slug — Synonyms and related words: Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Intertype, Linotype, Monoplacophora, Monotype, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, baggage check, ball, bang, bar shot, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, bird shot, blast,… … Moby Thesaurus
slug — slug1 sluglike, adj. /slug/, n., v., slugged, slugging. n. 1. any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops. 2. a nudibranch. 3. a metal disk used as… … Universalium
typesetting — /tuyp set ing/, n. 1. the process or action of setting type. adj. 2. used or intended for setting type. [1855 60; TYPE + SETTING] * * * Setting of type for use in any of various printing processes. Type for printing, using woodblocks, was… … Universalium
Reglet (typesetting) — A reglet is a piece of wooden spacing material used in typesetting, usually to provide spacing between paragraphs, though it is sometimes used to fill in small spaces not taken up by type in the chase. See also * Slug (typesetting) … Wikipedia
Hot metal typesetting — Part of a series on the History of printing Woodblock p … Wikipedia
Linotype — Synonyms and related words: Intertype, Monotype, cold type typesetting, composing, composing stick, composition, computerized typesetting, dummy, furniture, galley chase, hot metal typesetting, imposition, justification, layout, line of type,… … Moby Thesaurus
cold type — Synonyms and related words: Intertype, Linotype, Monotype, cold type typesetting, composing, composing stick, composition, computerized typesetting, dummy, furniture, galley chase, hot metal typesetting, imposition, justification, layout, line of … Moby Thesaurus
