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type⋅bar

[tahyp-bahr]
–noun
(on a typewriter or some computer printers) one of a series of thin metal bars containing type and actuated by the keyboard or computer signal.

Origin:
1885–90; type + bar 1
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type bar  
n.  One of the thin movable bars on many typewriters and some computer printers that carry the letters or characters.
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