Composing in spanish
Composición
pronunciation: koʊmpoʊsiθioʊn part of speech: noun
pronunciation: koʊmpoʊsiθioʊn part of speech: noun
In gestures
compose1 = componer. [En imprenta, combinar a mano o mecánicamente caracteres, espacios y otros elementos produciendo textos para imprimir]
Example: Until the mid seventeenth century compositors generally sat to their work, but from then on it became more usual to compose standing up, an easier position for fast work.compose2 = componer, crear, hacer.
Example: There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.composing
more:
» cold-metal composing machine = máquina de componer en frío.
Example: Few nineteenth-century book printers used cold-metal composing machines.» composing frame = forma de impresión.
Example: If they stared up at the arbour of sheets of paper hanging from the cords attached to the ceiling, they bumped into composing frames.» composing room = sala de composición.
Example: 'Stab' (establishment) hands on weekly wages were also employed in the composing room, but more frequently in the late than in the early nineteenth century, and always in relatively small numbers.» composing stick = componedor. [En la composición manual, utensilio que consta de un listón de metal sobre el que se colocan los tipos y que sirve para determinar la medida o longitud de la composición]
Example: The compositor's apparatus was in three main parts: the type cases already described; a composing stick, which was a hand-held tray in which pieces of type from the case were assembled; and galleys, larger trays on which pieces of type from the case were transferred when the composing stick was full.» hot-metal composing machine = máquina de componer en caliente.
Example: But damp paper was still preferred for much ordinary printing until late in the nineteenth century, partly because it evened out the minor inequalities of used type in the days before the introduction of hot-metal composing machines which cast type afresh for each job.