1. set or composed (text) using a Linotype machine
Usage: past tense and past participle of linotype; printing and typography; largely historical; refers to mechanical typesetting technology used primarily in the 20th century

Examples

• The newspaper article was linotyped by the operator at the printing plant.
• Before digital publishing, most books were linotyped by skilled technicians.
• The compositor linotyped the entire page in under an hour.
• Historical documents show that this text was linotyped in 1952.