frontstroke

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adjective

Of a typewriter: having typebars that are arranged in an arc above the keyboard and swing upward to strike the front of the platen.

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Meanings

adjectivefrontstroke (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a typewriter: having typebars that are arranged in an arc above the keyboard and swing upward to strike the front of the platen.

    The speedy, well-engineered Underwood was eventually so successful that within a couple of decades, the vast majority of typewriters followed its model: They were single-shift, frontstroke, typebar typewriters with four-bank QWERTY keyboards, inked by a ribbon.

    2018, Mark J. P. Wolf, The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence

Origin

From front + stroke.

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APA

frontstroke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontstroke

MLA

“frontstroke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontstroke. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frontstroke,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontstroke.

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