hectograph

or hek·to·graph

[hek-tuh-graf, -grahf]

noun

a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.

a machine for making such copies.

verb (used with object)

to copy with the hectograph.

Origin of hectograph

First recorded in 1875–80; hecto- + -graph

Related formshec·to·graph·ic

[hek-tuh-graf-ik] /ˌhɛk təˈgræf ɪk/, adjectivehec·tog·ra·phy

[hek-tog-ruh-fee] /hɛkˈtɒg rə fi/, noun

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Examples from the Web for hectograph

Historical Examples of hectograph

What are the differences in a hectograph, a mimeograph and multigraph?
Mechanical Devices in the Home
Edith Louise Allen
Hectograph, hek′to-graf, n. a gelatine pad for receiving a copy and therefrom multiplying a writing or drawing.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
The transfers of childhood provide a further simple illustration, so also does the hectograph (jellygraph).
The Essentials of Illustration
T. G. (Thomas George) Hill
Every library should have one, though it is only a home-made affair, manufactured on a typewriter or a hectograph.
Sunday-School Success
Amos R. Wells
This was carefully printed by hand and then duplicated on the hectograph and issued in lots of twenty-five copies.
Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
Howard Phillips Lovecraft

British Dictionary definitions for hectograph

hectograph

noun

Also called: copygraph a process for copying type or manuscript from a glycerine-coated gelatine master to which the original has been transferred

a machine using this process

Derived Formshectographic (ˌhɛktəʊˈɡræfɪk), adjectivehectographically, adverbhectography (hɛkˈtɒɡrəfɪ), noun

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