typewriting

noun — 2 senses

typewriting

noun

Etymology From type + writing.

1

The act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.

2

The material produced by a typewriter; typescript.

  • Older typewriters produced typewritings in which the horizontal space allocated for each character was precisely the same.2004, Peter White, Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science, page 159:
Derived terms
teletypewriting, touch typewriting

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