typebar

[ tahyp-bahr ]

noun
  1. (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 of typebar

1
First recorded in 1885–90; type + bar1

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British Dictionary definitions for typebar

typebar

/ (ˈtaɪpˌbɑː) /


noun
  1. one of the bars in a typewriter that carry the type and are operated by keys

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