collotype

[ kol-uh-tahyp ]

/ ˈkɒl əˌtaɪp /

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noun Also called albertype, artotype, heliotype.

any photomechanical process of printing from a plate coated with gelatin.

the plate used for this.

a print made from such a plate.

verb (used with object), col·lo·typed, col·lo·typ·ing.

to produce (a print) by collotype; albertype; artotype; heliotype.

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Origin of collotype

1880–85; <Greek kóll(a) glue + -o- + -type

OTHER WORDS FROM collotype

col·lo·typ·ic

[kol-uh-tip-ik], /ˌkɒl əˈtɪp ɪk/, adjectivecol·lo·typ·y

[kol-uh-tahy-pee], /ˈkɒl əˌtaɪ pi/, noun

Words nearby collotype

colloq., colloquial, colloquialism, colloquium, colloquy, collotype, collude, colluding, collun., collunarium, collusion

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How to use collotype in a sentence

The two collotype plates represent A2 recto (title page) and A3 recto in the Dyce copy of the original.
The Scottish History of James the Fourth|Robert Greene
The Collotype Facsimile (thirty-eight leaves unpaged) is inserted between pp. 53 and 54.
The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Collotype printing is not merely done by hand presses, but is also done by machinery.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882|Various
With frontispiece in colour and thirty-five portraits in collotype.
Law and Laughter|George Alexander Morton

With thirty-two portraits in collotype and frontispiece in colour.
Law and Laughter|George Alexander Morton

British Dictionary definitions for collotype

collotype

/ (ˈkɒləʊˌtaɪp) /

noun

Also called: photogelatine process a method of lithographic printing from a flat surface of hardened gelatine: used mainly for fine-detail reproduction in monochrome or colour

a print made using this process

Derived forms of collotype

collotypic (ˌkɒləˈtɪpɪk), adjective

Word Origin for collotype

C19: from Greek kolla glue + type

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