monotype

[ mon-uh-tahyp ]
/ ˈmɒn əˌtaɪp /

noun

the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like.
the method of producing such a print.
Biology. the only type of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.

Origin of monotype

First recorded in 1880–85; mono- + -type

Words nearby monotype

monotreme, monotrichate, monotrichous, monotriglyph, monotropy, monotype, monotypic, monounsaturate, monounsaturated, monovalent, monovision

Definition for monotype (2 of 2)

Monotype
[ mon-uh-tahyp ]
/ ˈmɒn əˌtaɪp /

Printing, Trademark.

a brand of machine for setting and casting type, consisting of a separate keyboard for producing a paper tape containing holes in a coded pattern so that when this tape is fed into the casting unit each code evokes a unique letter cast from hot metal by a special matrix.

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British Dictionary definitions for monotype (1 of 2)

monotype
/ (ˈmɒnəˌtaɪp) /

noun

a single print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been painted
biology a monotypic genus or species

British Dictionary definitions for monotype (2 of 2)

Monotype
/ (ˈmɒnəˌtaɪp) /

noun

trademark any of various typesetting systems, esp originally one in which each character was cast individually from hot metal
type produced by such a system