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daisywheel printer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
daisy-wheel print-er
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A printer that operates by striking the page with moulded characters from a rotating circular arrangement, obsolete since the late 1980s.

Etymology

From daisy + wheel + printer, from the resemblance to the flower.

Inflected Forms

daisywheel printers (plural)

Questions

What does daisywheel printer mean?
A printer that operates by striking the page with moulded characters from a rotating circular arrangement, obsolete since the late 1980s.
Where does daisywheel printer come from?
From daisy + wheel + printer, from the resemblance to the flower.

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