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phototypes

phototypes is the plural of phototype.

phototypes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phototype.

Meaning of phototype

Noun

phototype (countable and uncountable, plural phototypes)

  1. A metal printing block, used in the photogravure process
  2. type that has been set using phototypesetting
  3. A measure of the susceptibility of the skin to tan, depending on the amount of melanin in the skin

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Questions about phototypes

What is phototypes the plural of?
Phototypes is the plural of phototype.

Words near phototypes in the dictionary

  1. phototubes
  2. phototunable
  3. phototuning
  4. phototype
  5. phototyped
  6. phototypes
  7. phototypeset
  8. phototypesets
  9. phototypesetter
  10. phototypesetters
  11. phototypesetting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phototypes (page history and authors); phototype (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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