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Definition of Polytypes
1. polytype [n] - See also: polytype
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polytypes
Literary usage of Polytypes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"... of polytypes, and Stereotypes. By M. Camus.' The terms monotypes, homo- types,
polytypes, ... being merged in the generic term of polytypes. ..."
2. The Art of Printing: Its History and Practice from the Days of John Gutenberg by Thomas Curson Hansard, William Nichol (1851)
"In this he in some degree succeeded, having executed several polytypes in intaglio
from moulds of copperplates, and in relief from woodcuts ; but it cannot ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The various modifications of carborundum and the occurrence of polytypes. H.
BAUMHAUER. Z. Kryst. Min. 55, 249-59(1915).—From his expts. ..."
4. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1806)
"... the fine productions of modern art, by means of plaster moulds. stitute for
carr- models, of which they will only be polytypes ; and the labours ¡ng. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature by Charles Henry Timperley (1839)
"Hoffmann termed the art of casting types the art of polytypes, and that of
re-uniting several characters into a single type, the art of logotype. ..."
6. The Printers' Handbook of Trade Recipes, Hints & Suggestions Relating to by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1891)
"... ornaments, borders, rules, polytypes, electros, and similar things, can be
preserved in the same way by the application of these spaces. Buying Type. ..."
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