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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