▪ I. electrotype
(ɪˈlɛktrəʊtaɪp)
[f. electro- + type.]
1. A model or copy of a thing formed by the deposition of copper on a mould by galvanic action: also attrib.
| 1840 Athenæum 11 Apr., 324 We have received from Mr. Barclay what he calls an electrotype seal. 1857 Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (ed. 3) III. 537 The Electrotype Process is now one of the great powers which manufacturing art employs. 1880 Print. Trades Jrnl. xxx. 13 Stock of electrotype cuts. |
2. The process of electrotyping.
| 1840 Mech. Mag. 15 Aug. XXXIII. 224 (heading of paragraph) The Electrotype in America. 1842 Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. II. 198 Treatise on the Electrotype. 1859 Sir W. Harris Electr. 190 The useful arts..namely, electro⁓metallurgy, electrotype, etc. |
▪ II. eˈlectrotype, v.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To copy in electrotype. Also fig.
| 1847 Lady G. C. Fullerton Grantley M. I. viii. 273 We are only electrotyped. 1858 O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf. T. xi. 105 Electrotyped..in the medallions that hang round the walls of your memory's chamber. |
Hence eˈlectroˌtyper [see -er]. eˈlectroˌtypist [see -ist]. eˈlectroˌtyping vbl. n.
| 1870 Pall Mall G. 2 Sept. 4 Engravers and electrotypers. 1884 Ibid. 7 May 8/2 The firm are type-founders, stereotypers, and electrotypers. 1845 H. Dirks in Athenæum 11 Jan. 42 Copying for the electrotypist. c 1865 in Circ. Sc. I. 234/1 Advantages of electrotyping over stereotyping. |