phototypeset

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verb

To typeset by a phototypesetting process.

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Meanings

verbphototypeset (third-person singular simple present phototypesets, present participle phototypesetting, simple past and past participle phototypeset)

present singular third person phototypesets · participle present phototypesetting

  1. transitiveTo typeset by a phototypesetting process.

    The bibliographic data are recorded on magnetic tape, and the computer is used to compile the indexes and to phototypeset the information for publication.

    1984, Alice Lefler Primack, Finding answers in science and technology, page 35

Origin

From photo- + typeset.

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APA

phototypeset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phototypeset

MLA

“phototypeset.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phototypeset. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phototypeset,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phototypeset.

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