monotype
A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or…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.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
the sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate
(uncountable)The technique of making such prints.
(countable, uncountable)A monotypic taxon.
(countable, uncountable)A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.
Monotype
a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
(countable, uncountable)A sailboat designed to be crewed or raced by a single person.
(countable, uncountable)In the Hindley–Milner type system, a single specific data type.
Translations
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Origin
From mono- + type or mono- + -type. The printing technique is so called because it allowsFrom mono- + type or mono- + -type. The printing technique is so called because it allows only one impression to be taken.
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Forms
plural: monotypesWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable