'Monotype' definitions:
Definition of 'monotype'
(from WordNet)
noun
(biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
noun
A typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
Definition of 'Monotype'
From: GCIDE
- Monotype \Mon"o*type\, Monotypic \Mon`o*typ"ic\, a. [Mono- + -type: cf. F. monotype.] (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Monotype'
From: GCIDE
- Monotype \Mon"o*type\,
- 1. [Mono- + -type.]
- 1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also, the process of making such prints. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]