HELIOTYPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heliotype mean? 

• HELIOTYPE (noun)
  The noun HELIOTYPE has 1 sense:

1. duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy

  Familiarity information: HELIOTYPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELIOTYPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hectograph; heliotype

Hypernyms ("heliotype" is a kind of...):

copier; duplicator (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)

collotype; collotype printing; photogelatin process (a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors)