monotype

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(mŏn'ə-tīp') pronunciation

Biology. The sole member of its group, such as a single species that constitutes a genus.
A unique print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked surface.

monotypic mon'o·typ'ic (-tĭp'ĭk) adj.

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In art printmaking, a technique prized because of its unique textural qualities. Monotypes are made by drawing with printer's ink or oil paint onto glass or a plate of metal or stone. The drawing is then pressed by hand onto a sheet of absorbent paper or printed on an etching press. The pigment remaining on the plate is usually insufficient to make another print unless the original design is reinforced. Subsequent prints invariably differ from the first, because variations in repainting and printing are inevitable. In the 19th century, William Blake and Edgar Degas experimented with the technique.

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Consisting of only one type.

An example of a monotypic species is the Hyacinth Macaw.

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Said of a genus with only one species.

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Graphic Arts - monotype: single print made from engraving process

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montypic

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - monotype

Nederlands (Dutch)
monotypie, monotype (machine)

Français (French)
n. - (Art) monotype

Deutsch (German)
n. - Monotype (Setzmaschine für Einzelbuchstaben), Monotypie (Abdruck)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τυπογρ.) μονοτυπία, μονοτυπική μηχανή

Italiano (Italian)
monotipo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - monotipo (m), marca registrada (f)

Русский (Russian)
монотип

Español (Spanish)
n. - monotipia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - monotypemaskin, monotype, monotypi

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自动铸字机, 单型

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 自動鑄字機, 單型

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 단형

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - モノタイプ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سابكه طبع, منضدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסדרת אותיות, מונוטייפ, טביעת אותיות על נייר‬

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