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Meaning of "printing press" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRINTING PRESS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRINTING PRESS

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Printing press is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRINTING PRESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Printing press

A printing press is a device for evenly printing ink onto a print medium such as paper or cloth. The device applies pressure to a print medium that rests on an inked surface made of movable type, thereby transferring the ink. Typically used for texts, the invention and spread of the printing press are widely regarded as among the most influential events in human history, revolutionizing the way people conceive and describe the world they live in, and ushering in the period of modernity. The world's first known movable type printing technology was invented and developed in China by the Han Chinese printer Bi Sheng between the years 1041 and 1048. In Korea, the movable metal type printing technique was invented in the early thirteenth century during the Goryeo Dynasty. However, the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea printed Jikgi by using the similar method about 72 years earlier than Gutenberg, and Jikgi is the world's first press-printing material that is extant. In the West, the invention of an improved movable type mechanical printing technology in Europe is credited to the German printer Johannes Gutenberg in 1450.

Definition of printing press in the English dictionary

The definition of printing press in the dictionary is any of various machines used for printing.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRINTING PRESS

printer´s mark
printer´s reader
printer´s ream
printeries
printery
printhead
printing
printing error
printing frame
printing house
printing industry
printing ink
printing office
printing works
printless
printmaker
printmaking
printout
printwheel
printworks

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRINTING PRESS

actress
at the press
bench press
bench-press
compress
cypress
depress
empress
express
full-court press
hot press
hydraulic press
impress
letterpress
press
repress
rotary printing press
stop press
suppress
the press
to press

Synonyms and antonyms of printing press in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «printing press» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRINTING PRESS

Find out the translation of printing press to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of printing press from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «printing press» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

印刷机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imprenta
570 millions of speakers

English

printing press
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रिंटिंग प्रेस
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المطبعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

печатный станок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imprensa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রিন্টিং প্রেস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imprimerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Akhbar percetakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Druckerpresse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

印刷機
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인쇄기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Printing press
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự đóng sách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அச்சகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छापखाना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

matbaa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stampatrice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drukarnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

друкарський верстат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

presă de tipar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τυπογραφείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drukpers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tryckpress
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trykkpresse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of printing press

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRINTING PRESS»

The term «printing press» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.863 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRINTING PRESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «printing press» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «printing press» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about printing press

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10 QUOTES WITH «PRINTING PRESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word printing press.
1
Reza Aslan
What the printing press is to Christianity in the 16th century, that's what the Internet is doing to Islam now. It has opened up the monopoly over the interpretation of Islam that used to solely belong to the religious class.
2
Heather Brooke
Our printing press is the Internet. Our coffee houses are social networks.
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Jamais Cascio
When we developed written language, we significantly increased our functional memory and our ability to share insights and knowledge across time and space. The same thing happened with the invention of the printing press, the telegraph, and the radio.
4
Ha-Joon Chang
The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.
5
Joshua Foer
Over the last few millennia we've invented a series of technologies - from the alphabet to the scroll to the codex, the printing press, photography, the computer, the smartphone - that have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories, for us to essentially outsource this fundamental human capacity.
6
Fred W. Friendly
TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.
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James Gleick
As soon as the printing press started flooding Europe with books, people were complaining that there were too many books and that it was going to change philosophy and the course of human thought in ways that wouldn't necessarily be good.
8
Naveen Jain
Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio.
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Richard Jefferies
Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed.
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John Katzman
The Internet is the first technology since the printing press which could lower the cost of a great education and, in doing so, make that cost-benefit analysis much easier for most students. It could allow American schools to service twice as many students as they do now, and in ways that are both effective and cost-effective.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRINTING PRESS»

Discover the use of printing press in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to printing press and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
The work is a full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change.
Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, 1980
2
Printing Press: General Knowledge
What, exactly, is a printing press? Printing itself is simply the reproduction of type or images. A printing press is a piece of equipment which enables printing to occur. Why was the printing press so important?
iMinds, 2009
3
Inventing the Printing Press
Describes how life was different before the invention of the printing press, and discusses the first presses, types of presses, computerized printing, and future printing techniques.
Lisa Mullins, 2007
4
Johannes Gutenberg: Printing Press Innovator
Examines the remarkable life of Johannes Gutenberg and his innovation of the printing press.
Sue Vander Hook, 2010
5
The Printing Press: An Information Revolution
Presents information on the printing press, including its invention, history, how it works, and how it has affected people's lives.
Joanne Mattern, 2003
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Johannes Gutenberg: Inventor of the Printing Press
Describes the life and groundbreaking work of the inventor of the printing press.
Fran Rees, 2006
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Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press
Learn about one of the most important inventions in history.
Diana Childress, 2008
8
The Printing Press
Each title in this series looks at one life-changing invention and traces its history from conception, prototypes, and revisions to the modern day.
Richard Spilsbury, Louise Spilsbury, 2012
9
Printing, Propaganda, and Martin Luther
A study of Protestant and Catholic pamphlets published in Strasbourg during the early years of the Reformation looks at Martin Luther's use of the recently invented printing press and his dominance of the new medium.
Mark U. Edwards, Jr., 2004
10
Gandhi’s Printing Press
In Gandhi’s Printing Press Isabel Hofmeyr provides an account of how this footnote to a career shaped the man who would become the world-changing Mahatma.
Isabel Hofmeyr, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRINTING PRESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term printing press is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New Output Filter for Label and Matrix Printing
... believe will impact our lives even more than the invention of the printing press 500 years ago. The real and the virtual worlds are converging; ... «What They Think, Jul 15»
2
MarketsVenezuelan currency enters free fall mode
Meanwhile, price increases are seen by economists to be approaching hyperinflation territory as the government cranks up the printing press to ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Four honored by Missouri Press Association
At the Mexico Ledger, he worked his way up the ranks after starting as a printer's devil — an apprentice-level employee at a printing press. «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
4
A Surprise Inspection
I quaked. If that is what we were suspected of, we were in deep trouble. An underground printing press meant that we were printing material in opposition to the ... «Chabad.org, Jul 15»
5
The Rise of Open Curriculum
“It's like the printing press has been invented,” said one teacher in New Orleans wistfully. “But the great books have not yet been written.”. «Bright, Jul 15»
6
Lincoln print company expands after £250k investment
Isobel Scarlett and Adam Bratley, the two newest additions to the digital production team, working on the new Ricoh C9100 printing press. «The Lincolnite, Jul 15»
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Major stakeholder throws lifeline to Jordan's stumbling paper
Momani said the volume will be mostly used to conduct maintenance for the newspaper's printing press and to pay part of the salaries, adding ... «Zawya, Jul 15»
8
Akingbade Wows Lagos With Solo Exhibition
... unique materials one would normally overlook," explains Akingbade who runs a small graphic design consultancy and printing press. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Data vs Intuition: Can the twain meet?
But let's first look at the traditional answer. The printing press helped the monks who used to hand-write the Bible move on to something else. «Forbes India, Jul 15»
10
The Judicial Commission Report
b) The decision to rely on only 4 printing Presses was fraught with danger especially due to the lack of capacity of the Lahore Printing Press. «The Nation, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Printing press [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/printing-press>. Apr 2024 ».
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