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monotype definition

mono·type (män′ō tīp′, män′ə-)

noun

  1. Biol. the only type of its group, as a single species constituting a genus, a single genus constituting a family, etc.
  2. Art
    1. a unique print from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been made, as with paint or ink
    2. the method of making such prints
  3. Printing type produced by Monotype

Etymology: mono- + -type

either of a pair of machines for casting and setting up type in separate characters on individual bodies: one, a casting machine, is controlled by a paper tape perforated on the other, a keyboard machine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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