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Electrotype
E-lec′tro-type
,Noun.
[
Electro-
+ -type
.] A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.
☞ The face of an electrotype consists of a shell of copper, silver, or the like, produced by the action of an electrical current upon a plate of metal and a wax mold suspended in an acid bath and connected with opposite poles of the battery. It is backed up with a solid filling of type metal.
E-lec′tro-type
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Electrotyped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Electrotyping
.] To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process;
as, to
See electrotype
a page of type, a book, etc. Electrotype
, Noun.