n. [ From the name of the inventor,
n. [ Gr.
a. Antitypical. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; of corresponding form;
adj.
a. Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. --
a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Resisting blows; hard. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Opposition or resistance of matter to force. [ R. ] Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original. “One archetypal mind.” Gudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Among Platonists, the archetypal world is the world as it existed as an idea of God before the creation. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With reference to the archetype; originally. “Parts archetypally distinct.” Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. archetypum, Gr.
The House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Relating to an archetype; archetypal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; best + -type. ] (Photog.) Orig., a printing-out process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin; now, any such process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin; also, a print so made. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Art + type. ] A kind of autotype. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Auto- + -type: cf. F. autotype. ]
n. [ Auto- + typography. ] A process resembling “nature printing, ” by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The art or process of making autotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adj. of or pertaining to a biotype. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; wax + -type. ] A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Chemical + -type. ] (Engraving) One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; color + &unr_; type. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; color + -type. ]
n. [ Gr.
n. A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; glue + -type. ] A photomechanical print made directly from a hardened film of gelatin or other colloid; also, the process of making such prints. According to one method, the film is sensitized with potassium dichromate and exposed to light under a reversed negative. After the dichromate has been washed out, the film is soaked in glycerin and water. As this treatment causes swelling in those parts of the film which have been acted on by light, a plate results from which impressions can be taken with prepared ink. The albertype, phototype, and heliotype are collotypes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Cyanide + -type. ] A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From
v. t.
n. The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; transparent + -type. ] (Photog.) A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over a strong uncolored one. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. same as
n. [ L. duo two + type. ] (Photoengraving) A print made from two half-tone plates made from the same negative, but etched differently. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ L. ectypus worked in high relief, Gr. &unr_;; out + &unr_; stamp, figure. See Type. ] Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. ectype. See Ectypal. ]
Some regarded him [ Klopstock ] as an ectype of the ancient prophets. Eng. Cyc. . [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ectype + -graphy. ] A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.
n. Same as Electrotype. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Electro- + -type. ] A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The face of an electrotype consists of a shell of copper, silver, or the like, produced by the action of an electrical current upon a plate of metal and a wax mold suspended in an acid bath and connected with opposite poles of the battery. It is backed up with a solid filling of type metal. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. One who electrotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or the process of making electrotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Elec.) A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Pref. e- + typical. ] (Biol.) Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type. [ 1913 Webster ]