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Typeball in a sentence

Typeball meaning

A ball in a typewriter or early printer that bears the physical characters on its surface and is moved mechanically in order to print them onto the page.

Using Typeball

  • The main meaning on this page is: A ball in a typewriter or early printer that bears the physical characters on its surface and is moved mechanically in order to print them onto the page.
  • In the example corpus, typeball often appears in combinations such as: typeball print, the typeball.

Context around Typeball

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

apl 1× existing 1× selectric 1× printers 1×

Often after:

print 2× characters 1× element 1× moved 1× mechanism 1×

Sentence patterns with Typeball

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as a typeball element any 1× derived printers typeball print element 1× on the typeball still had 1× the apl typeball print head 1× the selectric typeball 1× the typeball moved laterally 1× two existing typeball characters 1× typewriter and typeball mechanism such 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a programmer s 1× for devices utilizing 1× the typeball moved 1× this was necessary 1× this was used 1× typewriter derived printers 1×

Common sentence endings:

as a whole 1× existing electric typewriters 1× existing typeball characters 1× ibm 2741 terminal 1× stationary print position 1× the selectric typeball 1×

Words around Typeball

Just before it in the word index:

type 11.973 typ 2 tyopev 14 tyonne 2 tyo 8 tynwald 14

Just after it in the word index:

typebar 8 typebars 4 typecast 29 typecasting 13 typed 213 typee 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Typeball

  • In this selection, "typeball" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, apl, existing, selectric, print, characters and element stand out and add context to how "typeball" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as a typeball element any and derived printers typeball print element. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "typeball" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with typeball

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This was necessary because the APL character set was larger than the 88 characters allowed on the Selectric typeball. (19 words)

This was used on paper printing terminal workstations using the Selectric typewriter and typeball mechanism, such as the IBM 1050 and IBM 2741 terminal. (24 words)

Typewriter-derived printers typeball print element from IBM Selectric-type printer main Several different computer printers were simply computer-controllable versions of existing electric typewriters. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

A programmer's view of the IBM 2741 keyboard layout with the APL typeball print head inserted Some APL symbols, even with the APL characters on the typeball, still had to be typed in by over-striking two existing typeball characters. (41 words)

For devices utilizing replaceable components, such as a typeball element, any association may be restricted to a specific element, rather than to the typewriter as a whole. (27 words)

The typeball moved laterally in front of the paper, instead of the previous designs using a platen-carrying carriage moving the paper across a stationary print position. (27 words)

Example sentences (6)

A programmer's view of the IBM 2741 keyboard layout with the APL typeball print head inserted Some APL symbols, even with the APL characters on the typeball, still had to be typed in by over-striking two existing typeball characters.

For devices utilizing replaceable components, such as a typeball element, any association may be restricted to a specific element, rather than to the typewriter as a whole.

The typeball moved laterally in front of the paper, instead of the previous designs using a platen-carrying carriage moving the paper across a stationary print position.

This was necessary because the APL character set was larger than the 88 characters allowed on the Selectric typeball.

This was used on paper printing terminal workstations using the Selectric typewriter and typeball mechanism, such as the IBM 1050 and IBM 2741 terminal.

Typewriter-derived printers typeball print element from IBM Selectric-type printer main Several different computer printers were simply computer-controllable versions of existing electric typewriters.

Common combinations with typeball

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "typeball" in a sentence?
An example: "A programmer's view of the IBM 2741 keyboard layout with the APL typeball print head inserted Some APL symbols, even with the APL characters on the typeball, still had to be typed in by over-striking two existing typeball characters." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "typeball" from authentic English texts.
What does "typeball" mean?
Typeball means: A ball in a typewriter or early printer that bears the physical characters on its surface and is moved mechanically in order to print them onto the page.
How many example sentences with "typeball" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "typeball", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.