AUTOTYPE

facsimile, autotype

(noun) an exact copy or reproduction

autotype, autotypy

(noun) process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

autotype (countable and uncountable, plural autotypes)

(dated, countable) A copy or facsimile.

(dated, countable) An early form of photograph produced using autotypy.

(uncountable, computing) A function that completes the typing of a field using a prediction based upon the characters entered so far.

Verb

autotype (third-person singular simple present autotypes, present participle autotyping, simple past and past participle autotyped)

(dated, transitive) To reproduce (a document) by autotype.

Source: Wiktionary


Au"to*type, n. Etym: [Auto- + -type: cf. F. autotype.]

1. A facsimile.

2. A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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