[1605–15; ante- + type]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: displacement, gothic, ideal, package, seriesante- is a prefix meaning “before,” used in the formation of compound words. Other wordsthat use the affix ante- include: antebellum, antedate, anteroom
Examples of 'antetype' in a sentence
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Biomimetic design of new materials uses nature as antetype, learning from billions of years of evolution.
Juergen M. Lackner, Wolfgang Waldhauser, Lukasz Major, Christian Teichert, Paul Hartmann 2013, 'TRIBOLOGY OF BIO-INSPIRED NANOWRINKLED FILMS ON ULTRASOFT SUBSTRATES', Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2001037014601112. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)