ALL meanings of monotype
mon·o·type
M m - noun monotype A typesetting machine, now little used, that casts type in metal, one character at a time. 1
- noun monotype the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like. 1
- noun monotype the method of producing such a print. 1
- noun monotype Biology. the only type of its group, as a single species constituting a genus. 1
- noun monotype a single print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been painted 0
- noun monotype a monotypic genus or species 0
- noun monotype any of various typesetting systems, esp originally one in which each character was cast individually from hot metal 0
- noun monotype type produced by such a system 0
- noun monotype the only type of its group, as a single species constituting a genus, a single genus constituting a family, etc. 0
- noun monotype a unique print from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been made, as with paint or ink 0
- noun monotype the method of making such prints 0
- noun monotype type produced by Monotype 0
- noun monotype either of a pair of machines for casting and setting up type in separate characters on individual bodies: one, a casting machine, is controlled by a paper tape perforated on the other, a keyboard machine 0