movable type

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) moveable type

Pronunciation

• enPR: mo͞o′və-bəl tīp
• IPA^(key): /ˈmu(ː).və.bəl taɪp/
• Hyphenation: mov‧a‧ble type

Noun

movable type (countable and uncountable, plural movable types)

1. A system of printing and typography that uses movable components such as individual letters or punctuation to reproduce the elements of a document.

Translations

system of printing and typography

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 活字 (zh) (huózì), 活字印刷 (zh) (huózì yìnshuā), 活字印刷術 / 活字印刷术 (huózì yìnshuāshù), 活版印刷 (zh) (huóbǎn yìnshuā), 活版印刷術 / 活版印刷术 (huóbǎn yìnshuāshù)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: irtokirjasinpaino
• French: imprimerie à caractères mobiles f
• German: bewegliche Lettern pl
• Japanese: 活字 (ja) (katsuji)
• Polish: ruchoma czcionka f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: ручно́й набо́р m (ručnój nabór)
• Spanish: tipo móvil m, tipo móvil m

See also

• woodblock printing