typing, vbl. n.
(ˈtaɪpɪŋ)
[f. type v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of type v. in various senses. Also attrib.
| a 1638 Mede Wks. (1672) 43 The Seven Arch-angels,..and the typing of them by the Seven Eyes and Horns of the Lamb. 1736 Byrom Jrnl. & Lit. Rem. (1856) II. i. 82 Dr. Mainwaring brought me a piece of Torlock's typing. 1876 Mrs. Whitney Sights & Ins. vi, Somebody near, not going very deep, yet observing faintly a typing in it. 1900 W. Myers tr. Ehrlich & Lazarus' Histol. of Blood 32 The simple ‘typing’ of several hundred cells. 1927 H. W. Jones in Osler's Mod. Med. (ed. 3) V. 191 The institution of blood typing has made the operation of blood transfusion reasonably safe. 1928, etc. [see blood-typing vbl. n. s.v. blood n. 21]. 1960 Guardian 3 Nov. 8/4 The rigid typing of her as a dumb blonde... Hollywood has destroyed..talent by typing. 1962 Brit. Med. Bull. XVIII. 64/1 (heading) The genetic basis of bacteriophage typing. 1965, etc. [see tissue typing s.v. tissue n. 9 b]. 1971 Nature 9 July 141/2 Each centre coordinates the typing and distribution of cadaveric kidneys to and from a group of collaborating hospitals. |
2. attrib. and
Comb., as
typing agency,
typing bureau,
typing course,
typing error,
typing paper,
typing pool (see
pool n.3 5 c),
typing purposes,
typing school,
typing speed.
| 1973 W. M. Duncan Big Timer xi. 75, I should like..a list of the typing agencies within say, roughly, a half-mile. |
| 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night v. 97 [She] ran what was ostensibly a Typing Bureau. 1974 R. Rendell Face of Trespass i. 17 My friend Molly that I used to have my typing bureau with. |
| 1952 Leslie & Pepe Methods Teaching Typing Simplified (1954) 85 A slightly condensed verbatim report of an actual teaching period within the first week of the typing course. 1981 C. Storr Vicky xviii. 128 She'd taken a typing course and she had a job. |
| 1936 A. Dvorak et al. Typewriting Behavior xiii. 395 Typing errors are signs of interference, due partly to drills on isolated letter strokes. 1979 M. Page Pilate Plot i. 21 He looked at it three times to make sure it was not a typing error. |
| 1944 Mrs. Belloc Lowndes Let. 4 June (1971) 249, I got a packet of pre-war typing paper—finest quality! |
| 1889 Pall Mall G. 21 Jan. 6/1 The application of the Tainter graphophone..to typing purposes. 1966 ‘G. Black’ You want to die, Johnny? xii. 223 There are certainly duller jobs waiting for a graduate of typing school than being the secretary to a Regent. |
| 1936 A. Dvorak et al. Typewriting Behavior xi. 286 Typing speed grows, but fast motions must also be present from the start. 1976 ‘A. York’ Dark Passage xiv. 182 Her typing speeds and general ability as a secretary were excellent. |