Polytype

3 definitions found

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

  Polytype \Pol"y*type\, a. (Print.)
     Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a
     polytype plate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Polytype \Pol"y*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polytyped}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Polytyping}.] (Print.)
     To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polytype \Pol"y*type\, n. [Poly- + -type: cf. F. polytype, a.]
     (Print.)
     A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in
     type, etc.; as, a polytype in relief -- {Pol"y*type}, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
           By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an
           intaglio matrix is produced: and from this matrix, in a
           similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained.
                                                    --Hansard.
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