A device or technique for mechanically composing or arranging text or images.
From 'composition' or 'compose' plus -graph (Greek 'graphein': to write or record). A compound term created to describe mechanical composition machines.
This is a forgotten word from the early days of mechanical typesetting—inventors created various 'composograph' machines trying to automate the compositor's job, but most failed until the Linotype machine revolutionized printing in the 1880s.
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