Rise
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004873
Of a locked form, the ability to be lifted from the imposing stone as one piece without any type dropping out. A form that rises is properly justified and locked up, so it can be carried to the press, whereas a form that fails to rise has loose type or spacing and must be unlocked and corrected. The word is dated printers' usage.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-004873 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Industrial printing |
| Synonyms | get up; increase; go up |
| See also | Increase |
| Translations | German: abheben; Spanish: levantarse; French: lever |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-IND-004873",
"term": "Rise",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "Of a locked form, the ability to be lifted from the imposing stone as one piece without any type dropping out. A form that rises is properly justified and locked up, so it can be carried to the press, whereas a form that fails to rise has loose type or spacing and must be unlocked and corrected. The word is dated printers' usage.",
"synonyms": [
"get up",
"increase",
"go up"
],
"subject": "Industrial printing",
"see_also": [
"increase"
],
"translations": {
"de": "abheben",
"es": "levantarse",
"fr": "lever"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/rise/"
}
Record 5,277 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.