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Definition of monotype
: an impression on paper of a design painted usually with the finger or a brush on a surface (such as glass)
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The Denver exhibit will include more than 100 works including paintings, drawings, pastels, etchings, monotypes and sculptures in bronze, ranging from 1855 to 1906, that express Degas’ long-running themes and obsessions.
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A stunning show of Edgar Degas monotypes gave his towering achievement a more modern tilt.
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First Known Use of monotype
1882
Monotype
Definition of Monotype
: a typesetting apparatus consisting of a keyboard whose operation produces perforations on a roll of paper and a caster which casts and assembles individual pieces of type in justified lines in the order determined by the perforations —formerly a U.S. registered trademark
Recent Examples of monotype from the Web
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The Denver exhibit will include more than 100 works including paintings, drawings, pastels, etchings, monotypes and sculptures in bronze, ranging from 1855 to 1906, that express Degas’ long-running themes and obsessions.
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A stunning show of Edgar Degas monotypes gave his towering achievement a more modern tilt.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'Monotype'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of monotype
1893
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