English Explanatory Dictionary

lithotype

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An etched stonen surface for printing, having the design in relief.
  2. A print made from such a surface.
  3. A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing.
verb
  1. To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy.

Word forms

lithotype lithotypes lithotyping lithotyped

Etymology

From litho- + -type.

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