Monotype

Monotype
Monotype Mon"o*type, 1. [Mono- + -type.]

1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. 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.]

3. A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • monotype — [ mɔnɔtip ] n. m. et f. • 1842 adj.; de mono et type 1 ♦ N. m. (fin XIXe) Arts Procédé de peinture ou de gravure permettant d obtenir par impression un exemplaire unique. Les monotypes de Degas. 2 ♦ N. m. Petit voili …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Monotype — Imaging, Inc es una compañía de diseño de tipografías (Type Foundry) responsable de muchas innovaciones en la tecnología de la impresión en particular la máquina Monotype que fue la primera en ser completamente mecánica y en el diseño y… …   Wikipedia Español

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  • Monotype — Mon o*type, Monotypic Mon o*typ ic, a. [Mono + type: cf. F. monotype.] (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Monotype —   [ moːnotaɪp, englisch] die, / s, Einzelbuchstaben Bleisetzmaschine, die 1897 von dem Amerikaner Tolbert Lanston (* 1844, ✝ 1913) erfunden wurde (Setzmaschine). Der Einzelbuchstabensatz kann wie im Handsatz bearbeitet werden. Er wird mit zwei… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • monotype — [män′ō tīp΄, män′ətīp΄] n. [ MONO + TYPE] 1. Biol. the only type of its group, as a single species constituting a genus, a single genus constituting a family, etc. 2. Art a) a unique print from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been… …   English World dictionary

  • Monotype — Monotype, Lanstons, s. Setzmaschine, S. III …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • monotype — / monətaip/, it. /mɔno taip/ s. ingl. [comp. di mono e type tipo, carattere tipografico ], usato in ital. al femm., invar. (tecn., tipogr.) [macchina compositrice che fonde e compone un carattere alla volta] ▶◀ (non com.) monotipo. ‖ linotype …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • monotype — 1881 in biology; 1882 in printers arts; 1893 as a brand name of typesetting machine; see MONO (Cf. mono ) + TYPE (Cf. type) …   Etymology dictionary

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