Electrotype definitions

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A metal plate used in letterpress printing, made by electroplating a lead or plastic mold of the page to be printed.
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The process of making an electrotype.
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A plate made by electroplating a wax or plastic impression of the original page of type, etc.
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A print made from such a plate.
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To make an electrotype of.
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A plate, made by electroplating a mold, such as used in letterpress printing.
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To make such a plate.
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Origin of electrotype

electro- +‎ type

Sentence Examples

  • Towards the end of his arts course he became a contributor to the Westminster Review (first article "Electrotype and Daguerreotype," September 1840).

  • Rotary machines, printing from an endless web of paper from curved stereotype or electrotype plates, principally used XXII.

  • Single proofs of type, stereotype, electrotype or blocks of any description can often be struck off without making-ready with fairly good results, but if precision of " colour " (that is, inking) and uniformity of impression throughout a volume are desired, it is necessary to put the forme, whether type or blocks or both, into a proper condition before starting the printing of an edition, whatever its number.

  • 3 These impressions from transfers, however, are liable to be inferior to impressions taken from an original plate or an electrotype.

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