Multigraph

[ muhl-ti-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈmʌl tɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

Trademark.

a brand name for a rotary typesetting and printing machine, commonly used in making many copies of written matter.

verb (used with or without object)

(lowercase) to print with such a machine.

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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?

owl

crow

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Words nearby Multigraph

multifold, multifoliate, multiform, multifunctional, multigenerational, Multigraph, multigravida, multigym, multihull, multi-infarct dementia, multi-infection

Example sentences from the Web for Multigraph

The long frame of his multigraph copying-machine was at one side.
The Magnificent Adventure|Emerson Hough
What are the differences in a hectograph, a mimeograph and multigraph?
Mechanical Devices in the Home|Edith Louise Allen
The instant I discover that one of my books has been carried off, I sit down and put the name of it on a multigraph.
The Secret Mark|Roy J. Snell
But will not the cost be prohibitive to many libraries, even in this day of printed cards and multigraph?
Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913|Various

By this means one order for printed cards and one setting up of copy for writer press or multigraph is sufficient.
Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913|Various

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