graphotype

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noun

A process for producing a design upon a printing block. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.

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Meanings

noungraphotype (plural graphotypes)

plural graphotypes

  1. historicalA process for producing a design upon a printing block. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
verbgraphotype (third-person singular simple present graphotypes, present participle graphotyping, simple past and past participle graphotyped)

present singular third person graphotypes · participle present graphotyping · participle past graphotyped · past graphotyped

  1. To produce a design by this process.

Origin

From grapho- + -type.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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