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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescomposición
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kom.po.siˈsjon
"La composición tipográfica requiere un gran ojo para los detalles."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The art or process of setting and arranging type and other materials into pages for printing or digital display.
"The designer spent hours perfecting the typesetting of the academic journal." - 2
The production of printed matter from type, or the text that has been set.
"Errors in the typesetting were caught just before the book went to press."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'type' (from Old French 'tige', Latin 'typus', meaning a figure, mark, or metal printing block) and 'setting' (from Old English 'settan', meaning to place or put in a specific position). Originally referring to the manual arrangement of physical metal relief characters by compositors in the printing press era, the term evolved to encompass modern digital computer-based text layout and electronic publishing.
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composition
Transliteration: kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃
"La composition de ce livre a nécessité beaucoup de précision."
Satz
Transliteration: zats
"Der digitale Satz ist für moderne Verlage unerlässlich."
impaginazione
Transliteration: im.pa.dʒi.naˈtjo.ne
"L'impaginazione di questa rivista è stata curata nei minimi dettagli."
composición
Transliteration: kom.po.siˈsjon
"La composición tipográfica requiere un gran ojo para los detalles."
composição tipográfica
Transliteration: kõ.po.ziˈsãw ti.poˈɡɾa.fi.kɐ
"A composição tipográfica moderna é feita inteiramente no computador."
अक्षरयोजन
Transliteration: akshar-yojan
"पुस्तक के प्रकाशन से पहले उसका अक्षरयोजन किया गया।"
排版
Transliteration: pái bǎn
"这本书的排版非常精美。"
조판
Transliteration: jo-pan
"출판 전에 꼼꼼하게 조판을 확인해야 합니다."
組版
Transliteration: kumihan
"美しい組版は読書体験を向上させます。"
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