Stereotype
['sterɪə(ʊ)taɪp;'stɪərɪə(ʊ)-] or ['stɛrɪətaɪp]
Definition
(noun.) a conventional or formulaic conception or image; 'regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding'.
Inputed by Armand--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
(n.) The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
(v. t.) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
(v. t.) Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
Inputed by Jill
Definition
n. a solid metallic plate for printing cast from an impression of movable types taken on some plastic substance: art of fabricating solid casts in type-metal from pages of movable type.—adj. pertaining to or done with stereotypes.—v.t. to make a stereotype of: to print with stereotypes.—p.adj. Stē′reotyped transferred as letterpress from set-up movable type to a mould and thence to a metal plate: fixed; unchangeable as opinions.—ns. Stē′reotyper Stē′reotypist one who makes stereotype plates.—adj. Stēreotyp′ic.—ns. Sterēotypog′rapher a stereotype printer; Stēreotypog′raphy the art practice or business of printing from stereotype plates; Stē′reotypy the art or employment of making stereotype plates.
Edited by Angelina
Examples
- Besides printing letters, the device was to be used for printing music, and for making stereotype plates. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The dampened and plastic papier maché sheets are beaten into the face of the type form by means of brushes, are then removed, dried, and used as moulds to cast the stereotype plate from. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mrs. Stowe attempted unsuccessfully to have this identifying note removed from the stereotype-plate of the first edition. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A stereotype plate can now be made in about seven minutes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- One of the latest quadruple stereotype perfecting presses made by Hoe & Co. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Collateral with the development of the printing press are three important branches of the art--stereotyping, paper making, and type setting. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Operated by a single person, the Mergenthaler produces and assembles linotypes ready for the press or stereotyping table at the rate of from 3,600 to 7,000 ems (type characters) per hour. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Introduction of Stereotyping in the United States by David Bruce. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The inventions of Printing Machines and stereotyping were strongly opposed at first by pressmen and compositors, as calculated to diminish the demand for their labour. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- If the engine had been finished it would have contained seven columns of wheels, twenty wheels in each column, and also a contrivance for stereotyping the tables calculated by it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nor should we omit to notice, as one of the causes that have contributed to the production of cheap literature, the art of stereotyping, which has been perfected during the present century. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This was _stereotyping_--the invention of William Ged, of Edinburgh, in 1731. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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