Meanings
nounvaritype (plural varitypes)
plural varitypes
- historicalmediaA kind of advanced typewriter that could use various different typefaces.
verbvaritype (third-person singular simple present varitypes, present participle varityping, simple past and past participle varityped)
present singular third person varitypes · participle present varityping · participle past varityped · past varityped
- historicalmediaTo prepare printed material using a machine of this kind.
Origin
From a former trade name, VariTyper, presumably from variable and typer.
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APA
varitype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varitype
MLA
“varitype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varitype. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “varitype,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varitype.
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