单词 | graphotype |
释义 | graphotypen. a. A process for producing a design in relief for surface-printing; also, the block or plate so produced. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > other surface-printing > [noun] thermotypy1864 graphotype1866 physiotype1870 sosaku hanga1956 1866 Chambers's Jrnl. xxviii. 271 Mr. Hitchcock, an American, has invented a process for preparing wood-blocks for the printing of pictures, diagrams, and so forth, to which he gives the name of graphotype. 1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) II. 61/2 Some graphotypes are said to rival in beauty and delicacy the best engravings. b. (See quot. 1877.) ΚΠ 1877 Echo 22 Oct. 4/1 Under the term graphotype may be included the several systems of reproducing copies of letters which are rapidly finding their way into commercial circles. Derivatives ˈgraphotype v. (transitive) to print by means of the graphotype. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > other surface-printing > [verb (transitive)] graphotype1866 1866 Spectator 29 Dec. 1469 Twenty-one illustrations..graphotyped by the Graphotyping Company. graphoˈtypic adj. of or pertaining to the use of the graphotype. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > other surface-printing > [adjective] graphotypic1866 thermotypic1909 sosaku hanga1956 1866 Sat. Rev. 31 Mar. 384 Unlearned readers..will not easily make out why the graphotypic and the typographic arts should be so closely allied in nomenclature and so different in fact. ˈgraphotyping n. (in quot. attributive). ΚΠ 1866 Spectator 29 Dec. 1469 Twenty-one illustrations..graphotyped by the Graphotyping Company. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1866 |
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