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English
Etymology
From litho- + -type.
Noun
lithotype (plural lithotypes)
- An etched stonen surface for printing, having the design in relief.
- A print made from such a surface.
- A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing.
Verb
lithotype (third-person singular simple present lithotypes, present participle lithotyping, simple past and past participle lithotyped)
- (transitive) To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy.
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