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Monotype

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.

Monotype

Monotype \Mon"o*type\,

  1. [Mono- + -type.]

    1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.

  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.

  3. A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
monotype

1881 in biology; 1882 in printers' arts; 1893 as a brand name of typesetting machine; see mono- + type.

Wiktionary
monotype

n. 1 (context arts printing English) A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.West, Shearer (general editor), ''The Bullfinch Guide to Art History'', page 639, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom, 1996. ISBN 0-8212-2137-X 2 (context arts printing English) The technique of making such prints. 3 (context biology English) A monotypic taxon. 4 A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.

WordNet
monotype

  1. n. (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)

  2. a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters

Wikipedia
Monotype (disambiguation)

A monotype is a print made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface.

Monotype may also refer to:

  • Monotypic taxon, a taxonomic group containing only one immediately subordinate taxon
  • Monotype Corporation, a typesetting and typeface design company
    • Monotype System - the typesetting machine made by the Monotype Corporation

Usage examples of "monotype".

Bernard Cornwell 1999 The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN o oo 225930 3 Maps by Ken Lewis Set in Postscript Monotype Baskerville and Linotype Meridien by Rowland Phototypesetting Ltd, Bury St.

Bernard Gornwell 1998 The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN o oo 225630 4 Map by Ken Lewis Set in Postscript Monotype Baskerville and Linotype Meridien by Rowland Phototvpesetting Ltd, Bury St.

Tiger Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work ISBN 649035 2 Map by Ken Lewis Set in Postscript Monotype Baskerville by Rowland Phototypesetting Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Printed and bound in Great Britain by Caledonian International Book Manufacturing Ltd, Glasgow All rights reserved.

Wyman Ltd, Reading Set in Monotype Bcmbo This book is sold subject to the condition that it .

The Lanston Monotype Machine Company of Philadelphia brought the well-proportioned letter forms of Bembo to the United States in the 1930s.

The Lanston Monotype Company of Philadelphia brought the well-proportioned letterforms of Bembo to the United States in the 1930s.