"movable type" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "movable types",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "movable type (countable and uncountable, plural movable types)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A system of printing and typography that uses movable components such as individual letters or punctuation to reproduce the elements of a document."
      ],
      "id": "en-movable_type-en-noun-KjjpKJWk",
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing"
        ],
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "punctuation",
          "punctuation"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "woodblock printing"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huózì",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "word": "活字"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huózì yìnshuā",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "word": "活字印刷"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "word": "活字印刷術"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huózì yìnshuāshù",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "word": "活字印刷术"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "word": "irtokirjasinpaino"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "imprimerie à caractères mobiles"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "bewegliche Lettern"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "katsuji",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "word": "活字"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ruchoma czcionka"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ručnój nabór",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ручно́й набо́р"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "system of printing and typography",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tipo móvil"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "movable type"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "movable type"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "movable types",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "movable type (countable and uncountable, plural movable types)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "woodblock printing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A system of printing and typography that uses movable components such as individual letters or punctuation to reproduce the elements of a document."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing"
        ],
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "punctuation",
          "punctuation"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "movable type"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huózì",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "word": "活字"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huózì yìnshuā",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "word": "活字印刷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "word": "活字印刷術"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huózì yìnshuāshù",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "word": "活字印刷术"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "word": "irtokirjasinpaino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "imprimerie à caractères mobiles"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bewegliche Lettern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "katsuji",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "word": "活字"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruchoma czcionka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ručnój nabór",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ручно́й набо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tipo móvil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "system of printing and typography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tipo móvil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "movable type"
}