A trademark used for a machine that sets type on a metal slug, operated by a keyboard.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (trade mark) a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal
  Synonym: Linotype machine

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - Linotype, liniestøbemaskine

Nederlands (Dutch)
zetmachine die per regel zet, regelzetmachine

Français (French)
n. - Linotype, lino

Deutsch (German)
n. - Linotype-Setzmaschine

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λινοτυπία

Italiano (Italian)
linotype

Português (Portuguese)
n. - linotipo (m)

Русский (Russian)
набирать на линотипе, линотип

Español (Spanish)
n. - linotipo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - linotype (sättmaskin som gjuter hela textrader)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
整行式排字机, 行型活字印刷术, 行型活字

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 整行式排字機, 行型活字印刷術, 行型活字

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자동식자주조기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ライノタイプ, 同種の機械
v. - ライノタイプで植字する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اللينوتين, المنضدة السطريه, ماكينه لتنفيذ الأحرف المطبعيه في سطور مسبوكه, السطور المسبوكه باللينوتين, طباعه تجري بهذه السطور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסדרת שורות, לינוטייפ‬

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