monolinen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)lʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnəˌlaɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, line n.²

Etymology: < mono- comb. form + line n.²

A. n.

1. Printing. In form Monoline. A kind of type-composing machine which casts a line at a time. Cf. Linotype n. rare. Now historical.The machine was invented in the United States by W. S. Scudder in 1892. Its principles encroached on the patents of the Linotype machine, and so it was not sold on the U.S. market.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > type-setting machines > machine which sets a line at a time

Linotype1888

monoline1902

lino1907

Intertype1913

Linograph1913

line-caster1972

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 522/2 The former class [of type-setting and type-casting machines] is exemplified by the Linotype, the Typograph, and the Monoline machines.

2. Business (originally U.S.). A monoline company, esp. an insurance company (see sense B. 2); (also) a policy issued by such an insurance company.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company

incorporation1530

acquisitor1668

private company?1711

private practice1724

public company1730

trading house1760

acquiror1789

in-company1791

public corporation1796

company1800

subsidiary company1823

proprietary company1824

stock-company1827

trust company1827

subsidiary1828

concessionaire1839

commandite1844

statutory company1847

parent company1854

mastership1868

state enterprise1886

Pty.1904

asset class1931

acquirer1950

parent1953

growth company1959

spin-off1959

non-profit1961

shell1964

not-for-profit1969

vehicle1971

spin-out1972

startup1975

greenfield1982

large-cap1982

monoline1984

small cap1984

mid-cap1988

multidomestic1989

dotcom1996

1984 Best's Rev. Jan. 72/2 The fully automated data processing system will be implemented on a line-by-line basis, with high-volume monolines scheduled first. We expect to see homeowners policies automated sometime in 1984.

1994 EuroMoney Apr. 68/1 The monolines are labouring under a number of heavy yokes.

2008 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. (Business section) b3/3 Major monolines..risk losing their Triple-A credit ratings as a result of having to pay out on guarantees connected to bonds that contain defaulting sub-prime mortgages.

3. = monorail n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > of specific construction

rackway1825

surface road1835

light railway1842

switchback1863

rack railway1879

monorail1884

chair road1895

cog-railway1896

mono-railway1902

cog-wheel system1904

monoline1992

1992 Photography (BNC) Feb. 28 Another pictorial ‘must’..was the exciting monoline, which now serves the city, and for which several new stations have been erected in the past couple of years.

B. adj.

1. = monorail adj. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [adjective] > types of track or rail

slow1799

fast1814

fish-jointed1855

prismoidal1874

broad-gauged1881

monorail1885

unballasted1887

sleepered1894

monoline1902

wide gauge1982

1902 Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 10/2 A project for constructing a railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow on the monoline principle.

2. Business (originally U.S.). Designating a company, esp. an insurance company, that operates in only one field; of or relating to such a company. Cf. multiline adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > other types of company

capitalless1837

merged1839

multinational1854

co-op1872

acquiring1880

syndicated1889

trustified1890

bottom-heavy1895

prospectusless1898

wholly-owned1906

semi-pro1908

not-for-profit1913

blue chip1924

mature1928

geared1930

liquid1930

footloose1939

monoline1958

boutique1968

greenfield1969

me-too1976

semi-professional1976

demerged1980

unbundled1980

multidomestic1982

unorganized1986

1958 Jrnl. Insurance 25 64/2 The final impact of multiple line underwriting might well be the rise of large multiple line companies and the gradual demise of small mono-line ones.

1968 Med. Care 6 56 Some health insurers who are monoline in operation..have had somewhat better experience.

1997 P. M. Lencsis Insurance Regulation in U.S. 27 These ‘monoline’ companies tended to become affiliated with companies selling other lines.

2000 Economist 8 July 115/1 The credit-card business was the first to come under attack, with so-called monoline (ie, single-product) providers..undercutting the banks' juicy margins.

3. Typography. Of, designating, or relating to a typeface in which each stroke is of equal or apparently equal weight.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [adjective] > others

modern1764

script1782

Caxtonian1811

Porsonian1813

antique type?1817

Aldine1837

Scotch1847

old-face1859

Times1860

old-faced1863

Fell type1883

Fournier1902

monotype1910

Goudy1933

monoline1962

slab serif1970

monospaced1972

1962 S. Morison Type Designs (ed. 2) 62 The fat faces were quickly followed by two other British innovations. Both..were monoline: that is, there was a uniform weight throughout each letter.

1963 Monotype News Let. No. 69. 6/1 To the typographer this meant a form uncluttered by serifs or variation in the width of stroke. The unseriffed monoline letter echoed the stripped outline of ferro-concrete and tubular steel.

1967 Brit. Standard 2961: Typeface Nomencl. & Classif. 11 Geometric... Usually monoline, and often with single-storey a.

1990 J. Sutton & A. Bartram Typefaces for Bks. 15/2 Both designs were basically seriffed letters, stripped of their serifs and made more or less monoline.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monoline
释义	monolinen.adj. Brit. /ˈmɒnə(ʊ)lʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌlaɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, line n.² Etymology: < mono- comb. form + line n.² A. n. 1. Printing. In form Monoline. A kind of type-composing machine which casts a line at a time. Cf. Linotype n. rare. Now historical.The machine was invented in the United States by W. S. Scudder in 1892. Its principles encroached on the patents of the Linotype machine, and so it was not sold on the U.S. market. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > type-setting machines > machine which sets a line at a time Linotype1888 monoline1902 lino1907 Intertype1913 Linograph1913 line-caster1972 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 522/2 The former class [of type-setting and type-casting machines] is exemplified by the Linotype, the Typograph, and the Monoline machines. 2. Business (originally U.S.). A monoline company, esp. an insurance company (see sense B. 2); (also) a policy issued by such an insurance company. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company incorporation1530 acquisitor1668 private company?1711 private practice1724 public company1730 trading house1760 acquiror1789 in-company1791 public corporation1796 company1800 subsidiary company1823 proprietary company1824 stock-company1827 trust company1827 subsidiary1828 concessionaire1839 commandite1844 statutory company1847 parent company1854 mastership1868 state enterprise1886 Pty.1904 asset class1931 acquirer1950 parent1953 growth company1959 spin-off1959 non-profit1961 shell1964 not-for-profit1969 vehicle1971 spin-out1972 startup1975 greenfield1982 large-cap1982 monoline1984 small cap1984 mid-cap1988 multidomestic1989 dotcom1996 1984 Best's Rev. Jan. 72/2 The fully automated data processing system will be implemented on a line-by-line basis, with high-volume monolines scheduled first. We expect to see homeowners policies automated sometime in 1984. 1994 EuroMoney Apr. 68/1 The monolines are labouring under a number of heavy yokes. 2008 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. (Business section) b3/3 Major monolines..risk losing their Triple-A credit ratings as a result of having to pay out on guarantees connected to bonds that contain defaulting sub-prime mortgages. 3. = monorail n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > of specific construction rackway1825 surface road1835 light railway1842 switchback1863 rack railway1879 monorail1884 chair road1895 cog-railway1896 mono-railway1902 cog-wheel system1904 monoline1992 1992 Photography (BNC) Feb. 28 Another pictorial ‘must’..was the exciting monoline, which now serves the city, and for which several new stations have been erected in the past couple of years. B. adj. 1. = monorail adj. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [adjective] > types of track or rail slow1799 fast1814 fish-jointed1855 prismoidal1874 broad-gauged1881 monorail1885 unballasted1887 sleepered1894 monoline1902 wide gauge1982 1902 Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 10/2 A project for constructing a railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow on the monoline principle. 2. Business (originally U.S.). Designating a company, esp. an insurance company, that operates in only one field; of or relating to such a company. Cf. multiline adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > other types of company capitalless1837 merged1839 multinational1854 co-op1872 acquiring1880 syndicated1889 trustified1890 bottom-heavy1895 prospectusless1898 wholly-owned1906 semi-pro1908 not-for-profit1913 blue chip1924 mature1928 geared1930 liquid1930 footloose1939 monoline1958 boutique1968 greenfield1969 me-too1976 semi-professional1976 demerged1980 unbundled1980 multidomestic1982 unorganized1986 1958 Jrnl. Insurance 25 64/2 The final impact of multiple line underwriting might well be the rise of large multiple line companies and the gradual demise of small mono-line ones. 1968 Med. Care 6 56 Some health insurers who are monoline in operation..have had somewhat better experience. 1997 P. M. Lencsis Insurance Regulation in U.S. 27 These ‘monoline’ companies tended to become affiliated with companies selling other lines. 2000 Economist 8 July 115/1 The credit-card business was the first to come under attack, with so-called monoline (ie, single-product) providers..undercutting the banks' juicy margins. 3. Typography. Of, designating, or relating to a typeface in which each stroke is of equal or apparently equal weight. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [adjective] > others modern1764 script1782 Caxtonian1811 Porsonian1813 antique type?1817 Aldine1837 Scotch1847 old-face1859 Times1860 old-faced1863 Fell type1883 Fournier1902 monotype1910 Goudy1933 monoline1962 slab serif1970 monospaced1972 1962 S. Morison Type Designs (ed. 2) 62 The fat faces were quickly followed by two other British innovations. Both..were monoline: that is, there was a uniform weight throughout each letter. 1963 Monotype News Let. No. 69. 6/1 To the typographer this meant a form uncluttered by serifs or variation in the width of stroke. The unseriffed monoline letter echoed the stripped outline of ferro-concrete and tubular steel. 1967 Brit. Standard 2961: Typeface Nomencl. & Classif. 11 Geometric... Usually monoline, and often with single-storey a. 1990 J. Sutton & A. Bartram Typefaces for Bks. 15/2 Both designs were basically seriffed letters, stripped of their serifs and made more or less monoline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1902
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