typewriting

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English

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Etymology 1

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From type +‎ writing.

Noun

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typewriting (countable and uncountable, plural typewritings)

  1. The act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.
  2. The material produced by a typewriter; typescript.
    • 2004, Peter White, Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science, page 159:
      Older typewriters produced typewritings in which the horizontal space allocated for each character was precisely the same.

Etymology 2

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From typewrite +‎ -ing.

Verb

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typewriting

  1. present participle and gerund of typewrite