aristotype

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noun

A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.

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Meanings

nounaristotype (plural aristotypes)

plural aristotypes

  1. A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
  2. historicalA printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
  3. historicalA print made by such a process.

Origin

From aristo- + -type.

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Translations

Italian aristotipo, aristotipo
  • aristotipocrystallographic structure
  • aristotipoprinting process
Cite this entry
APA

aristotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aristotype

MLA

“aristotype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aristotype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aristotype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aristotype.

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