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  • 1Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… …

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  • 3Hand-set type — Шрифт для ручного набора …

    Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • 4Machine-set type — Шрифт, отлитый на буквоотливной наборной машине …

    Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • 5type — I n. metal blocks used in printing 1) to set type (to set type by hand) 2) boldface, boldfaced; elite; italic; pica; regular; Roman type 3) a font/fount of type 4) in type (to set a book in type) sort, category 5) a blood type 6) of a certain… …

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  • 6set — I. verb (set; setting) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High German sezzen to set, Old English sittan to sit Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cause to sit ; place in or on a seat 2 …

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  • 7Set (computer science) — In computer science, a set is a collection (container) of certain values, without any particular order, and no repeated values. It corresponds with a finite set in mathematics. Disregarding sequence, and the fact that there are no repeated values …

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  • 8Set (Thompson Twins album) — Infobox Album | Name = Set Type = Album Artist = Thompson Twins Released = 1982 Recorded = 1982 Genre = Alternative, Post punk Reviews = Last album = A Product of ... (Participation) (1981) This album = Set (1982) Next album = In the Name of Love …

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  • 9type —   1. Kind. Ano.   2. Print. Hua, hua ho onoho.     Printer s type, huakēpau.     To set type, ho onoho hua, ōniu huakēpau, ho olele huakēpau, kūkulu kēpau, ulele kēpau.     To type, kikokiko …

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  • 10type lice — noun plural 1. : imaginary lice that the victim of a printer s joke is invited to observe by close scrutiny of set type previously soaked with water and squeezed together by the jokester at the moment of the victim s inspection thereby squirting… …

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