Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

line printer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: line print-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A high-speed impact printer, most often used by older mainframes, that prints an entire line in a single operation.

Inflected Forms

line printers (plural)

Synonyms

line-at-a-time printer

Questions

What does line printer mean?: A high-speed impact printer, most often used by older mainframes, that prints an entire line in a single operation.

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