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

• hectography
  noun
• hectographic
  adjective
• hectographically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of hectograph

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hectograph

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 was carefully printed by hand and then duplicated on the hectograph and issued in lots of twenty-five copies.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)

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.

The principal said that the absentee may appear shortly, and untied a package he had before him, taking out some hectograph sheets and began reading them.

From Botchan (Master Darling) by Morri, Yasotaro

Lay a sheet of unglazed paper on the hectograph, rub it carefully, and take off at once.

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