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

Among the standouts is a Susan Goldman monotype in which a flowerlike circular form is overlaid with nine squares of bright hues.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2016

It is large — 5 feet by nearly 4 feet — and represents the first time Ms. Schutz has worked with monotype.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2012

The linotype is the favorite composing machine for newspapers and is also widely used in typesetting for books, though the monotype is preferred by book printers.

From The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest by Thompson, Holland