monotype

¹ American  

[mon-uh-tahyp] / ˈmɒn əˌtaɪp /

noun

1. the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like.

2. the method of producing such a print.

3. Biology. the only type of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.

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Monotype ² American  

[mon-uh-tahyp] / ˈmɒn əˌtaɪp /

Printing, Trademark.

1. a brand of machine for setting and casting type, consisting of a separate keyboard for producing a paper tape containing holes in a coded pattern so that when this tape is fed into the casting unit each code evokes a unique letter cast from hot metal by a special matrix.

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Monotype ¹ British  

/ ˈmɒnəˌtaɪp /

noun

1. any of various typesetting systems, esp originally one in which each character was cast individually from hot metal

2. type produced by such a system

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monotype ² British  

/ ˈmɒnəˌtaɪp /

noun

1. a single print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been painted

2. biology a monotypic genus or species

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Etymology

Origin of monotype

First recorded in 1880–85; mono- + -type

Example Sentences

Commercial air travel as we know it is too entrenched and settling down ever deeper into a sheer monotype: twin-engine airliners, small-to-medium size, geared to worldwide productivity.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2019

“From the Heart,” a monotype of a ruddy-colored, long-haired female figure charging across a void, is downright exuberant.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2017

Ms. Schutz’s exhibition, which opened on Thursday evening and runs through May 12, includes a monotype of Brünnhilde on a horse leaping into a funeral pyre.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2012

“Nuclei” incorporates the patterns of printing screens into its jagged yet delicate composition, and “Mood Indigo” is a collage of monotype shards, torn and then assembled on a white backdrop.

From Washington Post

With the evolution from the flat-bed to the web or rotary presses there came further development in typesetting-machines—the linotype, the monotype, and others.

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