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graphotype

graphotype noun: a process for producing a design upon a printing block. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.

Noun

graphotype (plural graphotypes)

  1. (historical) A process for producing a design upon a printing block. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.

Verb

graphotype (third-person singular simple present graphotypes, present participle graphotyping, simple past and past participle graphotyped)

  1. To produce a design by this process.

Forms of graphotype

Noun
pluralgraphotypes
Verb
third-person singular presentgraphotypes
present participlegraphotyping
past participlegraphotyped
pastgraphotyped

Origin of graphotype

From grapho- + -type.

Questions about graphotype

What does graphotype mean?
Graphotype means a process for producing a design upon a printing block. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
What part of speech is graphotype?
Graphotype can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of graphotype?
The plural of graphotype is graphotypes.

Words near graphotype in the dictionary

  1. graphostatics
  2. graphosyllabic
  3. graphotactic
  4. graphotactically
  5. graphotactics
  6. graphotype
  7. graphotyped
  8. graphotypes
  9. graphotypic
  10. graphotyping
  11. graphs

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