hectograph
hectograph noun: an old printing machine that involved the transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
Noun
hectograph (plural hectographs)
Verb
hectograph (third-person singular simple present hectographs, present participle hectographing, simple past and past participle hectographed)
- To duplicate (a document) by this process.
- The menus are in hectographed handwriting.1971, John Updike, Rabbit Redux, Alfred A. Knopf, page 39
hectograph meaning in Tamil
hectograph in Tamil
- கைப்பிடி பெருக்கி, கையெழுத்துப்படி எடுக்கும் கருவி, கைப்பிடி பெருக்கியினால் படிகள் எடு
Synonyms of hectograph
Forms of hectograph
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hectographs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hectographs |
| present participle | hectographing |
| past participle | hectographed |
| past | hectographed |
Origin of hectograph
From hecto- (“hundred”) + -graph, so called because it would make about 100 copies.
Questions about hectograph
- What does hectograph mean?
- Hectograph means an old printing machine that involved the transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
- What is hectograph in Tamil?
- Hectograph in Tamil is கைப்பிடி பெருக்கி, கையெழுத்துப்படி எடுக்கும் கருவி, கைப்பிடி பெருக்கியினால் படிகள் எடு. See Hectograph meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hectograph?
- Hectograph can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of hectograph?
- The plural of hectograph is hectographs.
Words near hectograph in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hectograph (page history and authors); hectograph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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