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lithotype

lithotype noun: an etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief.

Noun

lithotype (plural lithotypes)

  1. An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief.
  2. A print made from such a surface.
  3. A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing.

Verb

lithotype (third-person singular simple present lithotypes, present participle lithotyping, simple past and past participle lithotyped)

  1. (transitive) To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy.

Forms of lithotype

Noun
plurallithotypes
Verb
third-person singular presentlithotypes
present participlelithotyping
past participlelithotyped
pastlithotyped

Origin of lithotype

From litho- + -type.

Words formed from lithotype

Questions about lithotype

What does lithotype mean?
Lithotype means an etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief.
What part of speech is lithotype?
Lithotype can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of lithotype?
The plural of lithotype is lithotypes.

Words near lithotype in the dictionary

  1. lithotrophically
  2. lithotrophs
  3. lithotrophy
  4. lithotryptor
  5. lithotryptors
  6. lithotype
  7. lithotyped
  8. lithotypes
  9. lithotypic
  10. lithotyping
  11. lithotypy

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