Monotype

3 definitions found

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

  Monotype \Mon"o*type\, Monotypic \Mon`o*typ"ic\, a. [Mono- +
     -type: cf. F. monotype.] (Biol.)
     Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a
     monotypic genus, which contains but one species.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Monotype \Mon"o*type\,
     1. [Mono- + -type.]
  
     1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single
        species constituting a genus.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting
        on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by
        pressure; also, the process of making such prints.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting
        machine that makes and sets separate characters.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monotype
       n 1: (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single
            species or genus)
       2: a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets
          separate characters