Phrase guide
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noun
A printer that operates by striking the page with moulded characters from a rotating circular arrangement, obsolete since the late 1980s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
a printer that uses a daisy print wheel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: character printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer
History
From daisy + wheel + printer, from the resemblance to the flower.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
