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PRONUNCIATION OF TYPE METAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TYPE METAL

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determiner
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Type metal 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 TYPE METAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

type metal

Type metal

In printing, type metal refers to the metal alloys used in traditional typefounding and hot metal typesetting. Lead is the main constituent of these alloys. Antimony and tin are added to make the character produced durable and tough while reducing the difference between the coefficients of expansion of the matrix and the alloy.

Definition of type metal in the English dictionary

The definition of type metal in the dictionary is an alloy of tin, lead, and antimony, from which type is cast.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TYPE METAL

type
type founder
type founding
type foundry
type I error
type II error
type specimen
type-high
typebar
typecase
typecast
typecaster
typecasting
typeface
typescript
typeset
typesetter
typesetting
typewrite
typewriter

WORDS THAT END LIKE TYPE METAL

alkali metal
base metal
bimetal
death metal
expanded metal
fetal
filler metal
gunmetal
heavy metal
heavy-metal
hot metal
metal
nu-metal
precious metal
prometal
road metal
scrap metal
sheet metal
thrash metal
transition metal
white metal

Synonyms and antonyms of type metal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «type metal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TYPE METAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

型金属
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tipo de metal
570 millions of speakers

English

type metal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रकार धातु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نوع المعدن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Тип металла
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tipo de metal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টাইপ ধাতু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Type métal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jenis logam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Art Metall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

型金属
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

형 금속
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tipe logam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gõ kim loại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வகை உலோகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेटल टाइप करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Metal tipi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tipo di metallo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rodzaj metalu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Тип металу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tip de metal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Τύπος μέταλλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tik metaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

typ metall
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

typen metall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of type metal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPE METAL»

The term «type metal» is regularly used and occupies the 93.355 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPE METAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about type metal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TYPE METAL»

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Type Metal Explained
Introduction In the past publishers have been more or less handicapped in the treatment of their type metal problems due to the fact that the manufacturers did not deem it wise to let them know too much about their metal. As a result of this lack ...
Imperial Type Metal Company, 1923
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Inorganic Polymers
(c) Type metal alloys : These are low-melting alloys, but they have the additional interesting property of expansion upon freezing, a necessary property if sharp type face is to be obtained. A typical type metal is an alloy consisting of 80 percent ...
P. B. Saxena, 2007
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The Evolution of the Book
The composition of Gutenberg's type metal is unknown, but a spectrographic qualitative analysis of five late-fifteenth- or early- sixteenth-century pieces of type from Lyons revealed that they were made of alloys of tin, lead, and antimony, ...
School of Library and Information Sciences University of North Carolina Frederick G. Kilgour Distinguished Research Professor, Chapel Hill, 1998
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Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis
... type) or a nucleophilic triplet carbene (Schrock type, often d0). + Fe Ta CH2 Schrock Pettit : CH 3 CH 2 OC CO Fe+←CH2 Fe–CH2+ Ta=CH2 Ta+–CH2– Fisher-type metal-carbene complexes are stabilized by one or two heteroatoms: O ...
Didier Astruc, 2007
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Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors and Biotechnology
The second group of metal oxides, classified herein as ”rhenium oxide structured ” or ”ReO3-type” metal oxides, possess a cubic structure akin to that found for rhenium oxide (ReO3), which is closely related to the structure found in per- ovskite ...
Perena Gouma, Pelagia-Irene Gouma, 2009
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Popular Science
HOMEMADE castings of type metal give this drill press its neat and trim appearance. It can be made with a few simple tools, is smooth running, and will be found convenient for drilling those innumerable small holes needed in model work.
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Introduction to Sensors
The energy band structure for the n- and p-type metal oxide semiconductors and the appropriate location of the Fermi level are shown in Figures 2.5 and 2.6. In contrast to silicon, which has an energy gap of about 1 eV, metal oxide ...
John Vetelino, Aravind Reghu, 2010
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CRC Handbook of Metal Etchants
REF: Canali, C et al — Thin Solid Films, 88,9(1982) BLIS-0008 ETCH NAME: Boron TIME: TYPE: Metal, blister forming TEMP: To 800°C COMPOSITION: x .... 0.05—0.2% B DISCUSSION: Ni:B thin films deposited as columnar growth structure.
Perrin Walker, William H. Tarn, 1990
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Standards Yearbook
specifications for paper for the use of the Government Printing Office in order to furnish the most satisfactory qualities required by the Government. Standard formulas have been adopted for type-metal alloys used by the Government Printing ...
‎1928
10
Current Industrial Reports: Metalworking machinery
This survey covers all companies engaged in the manufacture of new industrial type metal-cutting and metal-forming type of metalworking machinery, including numerical control types. Machine tools are considered manufactured (new) when  ...
‎1988

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TYPE METAL»

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Trial production of Yingli Green's metal-wrap-through modules has …
Yingli Green has begun trial production of a new line of monocrystalline silicon solar modules that incorporate N-type metal-wrap-through (N-MWT) technology. «PV-Tech, May 14»

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