electric typewriter

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• electric typewriter — noun a typewriter powered by an electric motor • Hypernyms: ↑typewriter • Part Meronyms: ↑electric motor …   Useful english dictionary

• electric typewriter —    A typewriter equipped with an electric motor that assists in operating the typebars and the carriage movements, while the typebars or type element is activated by a series of mechanical linkages …   Forensic science glossary

• IBM Electric typewriter — The IBM Electric typewriters were a series of electric typewriters that IBM manufactured, starting in the late 1940s. They used the conventional moving carriage and hammer mechanism. Each model came in both Standard and Executive versions; the… …   Wikipedia

• electric — 1640s, first used in English by physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605 1682), apparently coined as Mod.L. electricus (lit. resembling amber ) by English physicist William Gilbert (1540 1603) in treatise De Magnete (1600), from L. electrum amber, from… …   Etymology dictionary

• Typewriter — Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and offices …   Wikipedia

• typewriter — /tuyp ruy teuhr/, n. 1. a machine for writing mechanically in letters and characters like those produced by printers types. See illus. under keyboard. 2. Print. a type style that gives the appearance of typewritten copy. 3. Older Use. a typist.… …   Universalium

• typewriter — n. 1) to operate, pound (colloq.) a typewriter 2) an electric; electronic; manual; portable typewriter 3) a typewriter skips 4) on a typewriter (I did the letter on my electric typewriter) * * * [ taɪpˌraɪtə] electronic manual portable typewriter …   Combinatory dictionary

• typewriter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. teletype[writer], stenotype. See writing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. typing machine, office typewriter, portable, electric typewriter, electronic typewriter, word processor, computer, personal computer,… …   English dictionary for students

• electric motor — noun a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work • Hypernyms: ↑motor • Hyponyms: ↑starter, ↑starter motor, ↑starting motor, ↑synchronous motor, ↑wiper motor • Part Hol …   Useful english dictionary

• typewriter — /ˈtaɪpraɪtə / (say tuypruytuh) noun 1. a machine for writing mechanically in letters and characters, either operated by hand (manual typewriter) or powered by electricity (electric typewriter). 2. Printing a type style which gives the appearance… …  

• Electric Pencil — Developer(s) Michael Shrayer Initial release 1976 Operating system originally MITS Altair, later also Sol 20, TRS 80, and IBM PC Type Word processor …   Wikipedia