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Definition of Polytype
1. n. A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief.
2. a. Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a polytype plate.
3. v. t. To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.
4. n. A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.
5. v. t. To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.
Definition of Polytype
1. Noun. Any of the types involved in polytypism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polytype
1. a crystal structure [n -S]
Medical Definition of Polytype
1. A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief. "By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an intaglio matrix is produced: and from this matrix, in a similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained." (Hansard) Origin: Poly- + -type. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polytype
Literary usage of Polytype
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"3. is an impression from an engraving on wood, from which a matrix was prepared
in type metal by the process called polytype: this matrix was submitted to ..."
2. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents Of The Committee On Common Problems Of by Joe Cain (2004)
"Yet I have heard it suggested that Junco is simply one polytype. Knowing what I
do of the pattern of variation in Labiatae as a whole, it would assuredly do ..."
3. American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking: Containing a History of by Wesley Washington Pasko (1894)
"polytype.—When a number of letters are cast together, ... The word polytype has
also been applied to a stereotype process and to a method of making ..."
4. A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature by Charles Henry Timperley (1839)
"He printed, on solid plates, several sheets of his Journal polytype, ... 8vo.
as a polytype book. Hoffmann was deprived of his printing office in 1787, ..."
5. James and William Tassie: A Biographical and Critical Sketch, with a Catalog by John Miller Gray (1894)
"... taken from such etching were very paltry, thought it might be possible to
obtain from an engraved copperplate any number of polytype plates of glass. ..."
6. Five Black Arts: A Popular Account of the History, Processes of Manufacture by William Turner Coggeshall (1861)
"He printed on solid plates several sheets of his Journal polytype, and advertised
Father Chenier's Recherches sur les Maures, 3 vols. ..."
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