IMPACT PRINTER

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A printer that prints by mechanical impacts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("impact printer" is a kind of...):

printer; printing machine (a machine that prints)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impact printer"):

bar printer (an impact printer that uses a bar to carry the type slugs)

chain printer (an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain)

stylus printer; wire matrix printer; wire printer (an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli)

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