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Definition of Cyclostyle

1. Verb. Print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil.

2. Noun. A writing implement with a small toothed wheel that cuts small holes in a stencil.

Definition of Cyclostyle

1. n. A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller.

Definition of Cyclostyle

1. Noun. (architecture) A circular group of columns without a core. ¹

2. Noun. A device used to make copies of a drawing or writing, via small punctures made in the outline ¹

3. Verb. To use such a wheel and puncture device to make copies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cyclostyle

1. [v -STYLED, -STYLING, -STYLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclostyle

cyclosporin cyclosporin A cyclosporin A synthetase cyclosporine cyclosporines cyclosporins cyclosportive cyclosportives cyclosteroids cyclostome

cyclostomes cyclostratigraphic cyclostratigraphically cyclostratigraphy cyclostylar cyclostyle (current term) cyclostyled cyclostyles cyclostyling cyclotetramer

cyclotetramerization cyclotetramerize cyclotetramerized cyclothem cyclothems cyclothiazide cyclothymia cyclothymiac cyclothymias cyclothymic

Literary usage of Cyclostyle

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

1. The Printer's Dictionary of Technical Terms: A Handbook of Definations and by Alexander A. Stewart (1912)
"... cyclostyle — An apparatus for making duplicate copies of writing. Punctures are made in the matrix by points on a small wheel, and through these points ..."

2. The Techno-chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts by William Theodore Brannt, William Henry Wahl (1886)
"Or, take methyl- violet 1 part, water 7 parts, glycerine 2 parts. (W.) The cyclostyle. This new duplicating process is a substitute for the " Edison ..."

3. Reports of Patent, Design, and Trade Mark Cases by Great Britain Patent Office (1907)
"The word " cyclostyle " was registered for stationery in 1882 by F. & Co., the predecessors in title to the Trade Mark of G., who in 1881 and 1888 took out ..."

4. Annual Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of the by Pennsylvania (1887)
"APPENDIX M. OCCASIONAL CIRCULARS IN cyclostyle. I. To Superintendents of Public Schools. - To Members of Congress from Pennsylvania. 3. To Physicians. 4. ..."

5. Annual Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of the by Pennsylvania (1891)
"... IN cyclostyle. 1. To Prothonotaries in Pennsylvania. 2. To Health Officers and Health Boards in Pennsylvania. 3. To all Physicians in Pennsylvania. 4. ..."

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