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homeset

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See also:home-setandhome set

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Fromhome +‎set.

Noun

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homeset (pluralhomesets)

  1. (printing) Thetype used as astandard by a specificpublisher.
    • 1919, New York State College of Agriculture,The Service Sheet - Volumes 1-8, page11:
      This carries b'ack face eight point heads in caps and lower case: since most papers today use this same style head forhomeset short stories, the match is perfect.
    • 1920,Cornell Extension Bulletin - Issues 41-70, page29:
      If you use much plate matter, make your choice ofhomeset heads to match those on the plate matter.
    • 2002, Charles Johanningsmeier,Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace,→ISBN, page42:
      In the local newspaper office, the printer sprinkled the sheets with water to moisten them for the new impressions and withhomeset type printed the rest of the paper.
  2. (telecommunications) Theequipment (satellite) forreceivingsignals from adirect broadcast satellite service.
    • 1983, Mary Louise Hollowell,The cable/broadband communications books: 1982-1983,→ISBN:
      The largerhomeset dish (perhaps as large as two meters) would be much more difficult to mount than the .6-meter BSS-band dish used by STC and other operators.
    • 1993, Hsiao-Yun Hu,The development of cable television and satellite, page68:
      DBS is the system of broadcasting television signals in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band from a very high power satellite in geostationary orbit (GSO) directly to a "homeset."
  3. Adevice, such as aradio ortelevision, whichconsumers use for homeentertainment.
    • 1959,Journal of the Television Society - Volume 9, page15:
      It is simple and economic to manufacture, and its performance has proven adequate forhomeset operation.
    • 1987, Jeffrey A. Carver,Clypsis,→ISBN, page11:
      Clypsis was a fantasy; you didn't actually expect to go there. You just watched on thehomeset and dreamed.
    • 1988, Thomas Wylde,Pitfall,→ISBN, page64:
      Oh, you luckyhomeset viewer, you're going to have a treat today.
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