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collotype
[ kol-uh-tahyp ]
noun
- 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)
- to produce (a print) by collotype; albertype; artotype; heliotype.
collotype
/ ˈkɒləʊˌtaɪp; ˌkɒləˈtɪpɪk /
noun
- Also calledphotogelatine 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
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Derived Forms
- collotypic, adjective
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Other Words From
- col·lo·typ·ic [kol-, uh, -, tip, -ik], adjective
- col·lo·typ·y [kol, -, uh, -tahy-pee], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collotype1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collotype1
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Example Sentences
The two collotype plates represent A2 recto (title page) and A3 recto in the Dyce copy of the original.
The Collotype Facsimile (thirty-eight leaves unpaged) is inserted between pp. 53 and 54.
Collotype printing is not merely done by hand presses, but is also done by machinery.
With frontispiece in colour and thirty-five portraits in collotype.
With thirty-two portraits in collotype and frontispiece in colour.
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