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monotype

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Noun
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mon=o=type

CIDE DICTIONARY

monotypea. [Mono- + -type: cf. F. monotype.].
     Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.  [1913 Webster]
monotype,  
  •  The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  •  A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also, the process of making such prints.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  •  A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

monotype, n.
1 (Monotype) Printing propr. a typesetting machine that casts and sets up types in individual characters.
2 an impression on paper made from an inked design painted on glass or metal.

ROGET THESAURUS

monotype

Printing

N printing, block printing, type-printing, plate printing, (engraving), the press, composition, print, letterpress, text, context, note, page, column, typography, stereotype, electrotype, aprotype, type, black letter, font, fount, pi, pie, capitals, brevier, bourgeois, pica boldface, capitals, caps, catchword, composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick, italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype, lower case, upper case, make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work, reglet, roman, running head, running title, scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay, folio, copy, impression, pull, proof, revise, author's proof, galley proof, press proof, press revise, printer, compositor, reader, printer's devil copyholder, printed, in type, typographical, solid in galleys.


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