noun

1. a one-piece printing plate cast in type metal from a mold (matrix) taken of a printing surface, as a page of set type
2. stereotypy
3. an unvarying form or pattern; specif., a fixed or conventional notion or conception, as of a person, group, idea, etc., held by a number of people, and allowing for no individuality, critical judgment, etc.

Etymology: Fr adj. stéréotype: see stereo- & -type

transitive verb stereotyped -·typed′, stereotyping -·typ′·ing

1. to make a stereotype of
2. to print from stereotype plates