homeset
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homeset (plural homesets)
- (printing) The type used as a standard by a specific publisher.
- 1919, New York State College of Agriculture, The Service Sheet - Volumes 1-8, page 11:
- This carries b'ack face eight point heads in caps and lower case: since most papers today use this same style head for homeset short stories, the match is perfect.
- 1920, Cornell Extension Bulletin - Issues 41-70, page 29:
- If you use much plate matter, make your choice of homeset heads to match those on the plate matter.
- 2002, Charles Johanningsmeier, Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace, →ISBN, page 42:
- In the local newspaper office, the printer sprinkled the sheets with water to moisten them for the new impressions and with homeset type printed the rest of the paper.
- (telecommunications) The equipment (satellite) for receiving signals from a direct broadcast satellite service.
- 1983, Mary Louise Hollowell, The cable/broadband communications books: 1982-1983, →ISBN:
- The larger homeset dish (perhaps as large as two meters) would be much more difficult to mount than the .6-meter BSS-band dish used by STC and other operators.
- 1993, Hsiao-Yun Hu, The development of cable television and satellite, page 68:
- DBS is the system of broadcasting television signals in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band from a very high power satellite in geostationary orbit (GSO) directly to a "homeset."
- A device, such as a radio or television, which consumers use for home entertainment.
- 1959, Journal of the Television Society - Volume 9, page 15:
- It is simple and economic to manufacture, and its performance has proven adequate for homeset operation.
- 1987, Jeffrey A. Carver, Clypsis, →ISBN, page 11:
- Clypsis was a fantasy; you didn't actually expect to go there. You just watched on the homeset and dreamed.
- 1988, Thomas Wylde, Pitfall, →ISBN, page 64:
- Oh, you lucky homeset viewer, you're going to have a treat today.