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monotype
noun
- Biol. the only type of its group, as a single species constituting a genus, a single genus constituting a family, etc.
- Art
- a unique print from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been made, as with paint or ink
- the method of making such prints
- Printing type produced by Monotype
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
See monotype in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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