phototype

[ foh-tuh-tahyp ]

/ ˈfoʊ təˌtaɪp /

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noun Printing.

a plate with a relief printing surface produced by photography.

any process for making such a plate.

a print made from it.

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Origin of phototype

First recorded in 1855–60; photo- + -type

OTHER WORDS FROM phototype

pho·to·typ·ic

[foh-tuh-tip-ik], /ˌfoʊ təˈtɪp ɪk/, adjectivepho·to·typ·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby phototype

phototrophic bacteria, phototropic, phototropism, phototropy, phototube, phototype, phototypeset, phototypesetting, phototypography, photovoltaic, photovoltaic cell

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How to use phototype in a sentence

A phototype and a chromo-phototype, issued by the New Shakspere Society, are the best reproductions for the purposes of study.
A Life of William Shakespeare|Sidney Lee
An entirely new and very important feature is the beautiful Phototype Engravings in rich colors.
Social Life|Maud C. Cooke
Phototype, a block with impressions produced by photography from which engravings, &c., can be printed.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood
The plates are phototype reproductions from photographs of Patroclus, taken in action by Baldwin Coolidge.
Patroclus and Penelope|Theodore Ayrault Dodge

To preserve anatomical accuracy, the finer results of both photography and of the phototype process have had to be sacrificed.
Patroclus and Penelope|Theodore Ayrault Dodge

British Dictionary definitions for phototype

phototype

/ (ˈfəʊtəʊˌtaɪp) printing /

noun

a printing plate produced by photography
a print produced from such a plate

verb

(tr) to reproduce (an illustration) using a phototype

Derived forms of phototype

phototypic (ˌfəʊtəʊˈtɪpɪk), adjectivephototypically, adverb

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