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Webster 1913 Edition


Thermotype

Ther′mo-type

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Noun.
[
Thermo-
+
-type
.]
A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.

Definition 2024


thermotype

thermotype

English

Noun

thermotype (plural thermotypes)

  1. An image (as for example of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with an acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.