a single print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been painted
2. biology
a monotypic genus or species
Monotype in British English
(ˈmɒnəˌtaɪp)
noun
1. trademark
any of various typesetting systems, esp originally one in which each character was cast individually from hot metal
2.
type produced by such a system
monotype in American English
(ˈmɑnoʊˌtaɪp; ˈmɑnəˌtaɪp)
noun
1. Biology
the only type of its group, as a single species constituting a genus, a single genus constituting a family, etc.
2. Art
a.
a unique print from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been made, as with paintor ink
b.
the method of making such prints
3. Printing
type produced by Monotype
US; [M-] trademark
4.
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