Definition of Cerotype

1. n. A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.

Definition of Cerotype

1. a process of engraving using wax [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerotype

ceromancy
ceromata
ceroon
ceroons
ceroplastic
ceroplastic acid
ceroplastics
ceroplasty
ceros
cerosin
cerotene
cerotinic acid
cerotype (current term)
cerotypes
cerous
cerrial
cerriped
cerripede
cerris
cerrises
cert
cert.
certain
certain(a)
certain(p)
certainer
certainest

Literary usage of Cerotype

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Preparation of Illustrations for Reports of the United States Geological by John Livesy Ridgway, Geological Survey (U.S.) (1920)
"The wax or cerotype process does not require finished drawings and is especially suitable for making text illustrations and small maps, although it may be ..."

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