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  • 1movable — movable, mobile, motive mean capable of moving or of being moved. Movable applies not to what has independent power of motion but to what can be moved by men or machines (as by lifting, drawing, pushing, or driving) {a movable steam engine} {one… …

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  • 2Movable type — For the weblog software, see Movable Type. Part of a series on the History of printing …

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  • 3movable type —    In printing, type, such that each character is cast on a separate piece of metal. Johan (or Johannes) Gutenberg (German, c. 1400 c. 1468) is generally credited with the invention of movable type. Also spelled moveable. see thumbnail to… …

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  • 4movable type — noun : printing type made up of individual pieces each carrying usually a single letter or other character so that the pieces can be freely assembled or reassembled for printing any desired combination or line * * * Print. type from which text is …

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  • 5movable type — Print. type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal. [1760 70] * * * …

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  • 6Easter — • Includes information on the feast and customs Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Easter     Easter     † …

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  • 7Gaia Online — Gaia Interactive, Inc. Type Corporation Industry Internet Social Networking MMORPG Founded February 18, 2003 …

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  • 8New Year's Day — • Since there was no necessary starting point in the circle of the year, we find among different nations, and among the same at different epochs of their history, a great variety of dates with which the new year began. . . Catholic Encyclopedia.… …

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  • 9movabletype — movable type n. Printing Type in which each character is cast on a separate piece of metal. * * * …

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  • 10printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …

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