Definition of type

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Type (n.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed..

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Diiodide :: Diiodide (n.) A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also biniodide.
Phthalin :: Phthalin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence, any one of the series of which phthalin proper is the type..
Typewriting :: Typewriting (n.) The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter..
Safranine :: Safranine (n.) An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type..
Diamond :: Diamond (n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen..
Daguerreotyped :: Daguerreotyped (imp. & p. p.) of Daguerreotyp.
Acierage :: Acierage (n.) The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.
Pretypify :: Pretypify (v. t.) To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type.
Type :: Type (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing..
Glyptodont :: Glyptodont (n.) One of a family (Glyptodontidae) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known..
Appendicularia :: Appendicularia (n.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix..
Lactim :: Lactim (n.) One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam..
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages..
Suction :: Sucrose (n.) A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution..
Rational :: Rational (a.) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula..
Macule :: Macule (v.) To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle..
Phenol :: Phenol (n.) Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.
Degenerationist :: Degenerationist (n.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state..
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