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stereotype |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, n. [Stereo- + -type: cf F. st['e]r['e]otype.] 1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing. Note: A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type 2. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them {Stereotype block}, a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stereotyped}; p. pr & vb n. {Stereotyping}.] [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]otyper.] 1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of as to stereotype the Bible. 2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix. Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stereotype n : a conventional or formulaic conception or image: "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding" v : treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: {pigeonhole}, {stamp}]
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