hectograph

American  

[hek-tuh-graf, -grahf] / ˈhɛk təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

Or hektograph

noun

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

2. a machine for making such copies.

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verb (used with object)

1. to copy with the hectograph.

hectograph British  

/ -ˌɡræf, ˌhɛktəʊˈɡræfɪk, ˈhɛktəʊˌɡrɑːf, hɛkˈtɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

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

2. a machine using this process

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Other Word Forms

• hectographic adjective
• hectographically adverb
• hectography noun

Etymology

Origin of hectograph

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

Example Sentences

The hectograph may be taken as typical of manifolding processes analogous to lithography.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Write the material to be copied, in hectograph ink, on a sheet of the same size as that on which the copy is to be made.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education

This makes it possible to place another original on the pad immediately without waiting for the ink to vanish by chemical action as in the original hectograph.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

Every library should have one, though it is only a home-made affair, manufactured on a typewriter or a hectograph.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.

Ztg. to pour crude hydrochloric acid upon the hectograph, rub with a wad of cotton, then wash off by holding under cold running water and drying with a cloth.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various