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monotype |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Monotype \Mon"o*type\, Monotypic \Mon`o*typ"ic\, a. [Mono- + -type: cf F. monotype.] (Biol.) Having but one type containing but one representative; as a monotypic genus, which contains but one species. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Monotype \Mon"o*type\, n. [Mono- + -type.] 1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group as a single species constituting a genus. 2. A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also the process of making such prints. 3. A kind of typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets individual types. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: monotype n 1: (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus) 2: a keyboard-operated typesetting machine that sets separate characters
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