Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To reproduce in phototype or by phototypy.
- noun A photomechanical process; phototypy.
- noun A type or plate for printing, of the same nature as an engraved relief-block, produced by an application of the photographic properties of gelatin sensitized with a bichromate (see
photo-engraving ), or by a combination of photographic and etching processes or a combination of photographic and mechanical processes, as when the lines in intaglio are produced by mechanical pressure, these processes when combined being commonly spoken of as a single general process; especially, the process known as photozincography. See photozincography, photolithography, and photoglyphy. - noun A picture printed from a relief-plate prepared by a phototype process.
- Pertaining to or produced by means of phototypy: as, a phototype process, plate, or print.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A metal
printing block , used in thephotogravure process - noun
type that has been set usingphototypesetting - noun A
measure of the susceptibility of theskin totan , depending on the amount ofmelanin in the skin
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Examples
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The second volume contains two phototype facsimiles of pages of the Laurentian and Marcian MSS., and the third volume three similar specimens of the Codex Vaticanus.
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Page v colored, heliotype, phototype, half-tone and other plates and numerous figures.
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We are, therefore, in the right road, not only for economically producing permanent prints on paper, but also for making zinc plates in which the phototype film of bichromatized gelatine is replaced by a solution of marine-glue and benzine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various
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The best of the available substitutes, phototype reproductions of specimen pages, apart from other limitations, must always lack the authority and the impressiveness of the originals.
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University Addison Van Name
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Washington, 1897, pp. 177-196; Rev.P. de Roo, who laboured for several years on the "Regesta" of Alexander VI; Heywood, who compiled the "Documenta selecta e tabulario Sanctæ Sedis, insulas et terras anno 1492 repertas a Christophoro Columbo respicientia", which he published in phototype in 1892.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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This work deals with the most important and beautiful manuscripts of the Vatican; by phototype reproduction, these become accessible to persons unable to visit
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Under his direction was executed the phototype edition of the Codex
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The MS. was reproduced in phototype in the fine edition by Harris,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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A phototype and a chromo-phototype, issued by the New Shakspere Society, are the best reproductions for the purposes of study.
A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892
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The "straight process," so called, of the phototype printer, reproducing a pen-and-ink line drawing on a zinc plate which could be immediately run through a Hoe process, was perfected.
Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876
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