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monotype
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As a noun, monotype means a print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper. As a verb, it means produce a monotype of.
Meanings of monotype
9 meaningsnoun
artsprintingA print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.
artsprintingThe technique of making such prints.
biologyA monotypic taxon.
A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.
sailingA sailboat designed to be crewed or raced by a single person.
comptheoryIn the Hindley–Milner type system, a single specific data type.
(biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
The sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate
verb
To produce a monotype of.
“to monotype an engraving”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).