monotype
Pronunciation: /ˈmɑnoʊˌtaɪp/
The English word “monotype” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.
- The technique of making such prints.
- A monotypic taxon.
- A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.
- A sailboat designed to be crewed or raced by a single person.
- In the Hindley–Milner type system, a single specific data type.
verb
- To produce a monotype of.
Etymology
From mono- + type or mono- + -type. The printing technique is so called because it allows only one impression to be taken.
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