Hectograph

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hectograph \Hec"to*graph\, n. [Gr. ? hundred + -graph.]
     A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of
     gelatin softened with glycerin. [Written also {hectograph}.]
     Hectoliter

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Chromograph \Chro"mo*graph\, n. [Gr. ? color + -graph.]
     An apparatus by which a number of copies of [ritten katter,
     kaps, plons, etc., can be made; -- called also {hectograph}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hectograph
       n : duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can
           be taken to make a copy [syn: {heliotype}]
       v : copy on a duplicator; "hectograph the hand-outs"