Takeoff
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005863
The removal of printed sheets from the press as they come off it, a historical British printers' term for taking the sheets away after impression. It contrasts with feeding, the other manual stage of working a press by hand, in which blank sheets are laid on for printing.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-005863 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Industrial printing |
| Synonyms | liftoff |
| See also | Liftoff |
| Translations | German: Takeoff; Spanish: retirada; French: retrait |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-IND-005863",
"term": "Takeoff",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "The removal of printed sheets from the press as they come off it, a historical British printers' term for taking the sheets away after impression. It contrasts with feeding, the other manual stage of working a press by hand, in which blank sheets are laid on for printing.",
"synonyms": [
"liftoff"
],
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"see_also": [
"liftoff"
],
"translations": {
"de": "Takeoff",
"es": "retirada",
"fr": "retrait"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/takeoff/"
}
Record 6,369 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.