typewriting

English

Etymology 1

From type +‎ writing.

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• teletypewriting
• touch typewriting

Etymology 2

From typewrite + -ing.

Verb

typewriting

1. present participle and gerund of typewrite