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Glossary of Printing Terms beginning with letter E
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Egyptian noun A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent. The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt. adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language. electrotype noun A plate, made by electroplating a mold, used in letterpress printing verb to electrotype To make such a plate elite noun (uncountable) A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society. (countable) someone, Someone who is among the best at certain task. 1964, "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,871349,00.html France's Culture Corps," Time, 7 Aug., :Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow? adjective Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician. ellipsis noun (ellipses) (context, typography) a mark consisting of three periods, with spaces inbetween, before, and after them ( . . . ), used in printing to indicate an omission. (context, grammar) the omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be implied. He is faster than she. (Here, a trailing "is fast" is omitted, grammatically required, and implied.) Em proper noun Shortening of the given name Emily. Auntie , Auntie ... abbreviation exametre, exameter em dash noun (typography) A hyphen with the same width as a lower-case letter 'm'. Emerald proper noun a town in Queensland, Australia. emperor noun The male monarch or ruler of an empire. en noun The letter N, n. In typesetting, the width of an average letter in a font. abbreviation English en dash noun (typography) A hyphen the same width as the letter 'n', approximately half the width of an em dash. English proper noun The English language, a language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, the United States of America, and other parts of the world. is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca. One"s ability to employ the English language. My coworker has pretty good for a non-native speaker. Specific language or wording; a text or statements in speech, whether a translation or otherwise. The technical details are correct, but the is not very clear. The English-language term or expression for something. What"s the English for "í peu près"? (collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen. The Scottish and have a history of conflict. verb (English, es) (archaic) To render into English. adjective English-language; of or pertaining to the English language. Of or pertaining to England or its people. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure. an ton etch verb (etches, etching, etched) To engrave a surface (especially of metal or glass) in order to produce a printing pattern. (context, metaphorically) To make a lasting impression. The memory of 9/11 is etched* into my mind.* etching noun the art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etch, etched with acid. the image created by this process. excelsior noun (context, US, obsolete) Packing material made of slender, curved wood shavings. adverb ever upward expanded verb Simple past and past participle of expand. extended adjective longer in length or extension; elongated stretched out or pulled out; expanded lasting longer; protracted having a large scope or range; extensive (context, of a typeface) wider than usual eyebrow noun (plural: eyebrows) The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

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