WIRE PRINTER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli

Synonyms:

stylus printer; wire matrix printer; wire printer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wire printer" is a kind of...):

dot matrix printer; dot printer; matrix printer (a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix)

impact printer (a printer that prints by mechanical impacts)