Definition of type

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Type (n.) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.

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Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4..
Thermotype :: Thermotype (n.) A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression..
Aurantiaceous :: Aurantiaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiaceae, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type..
Homotype :: Homotype (n.) That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the right leg; one arm is the homotype of the other, etc..
Scolecite :: Scolecite (n.) A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype.
Homotypy :: Homotypy (n.) A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology. See Homotype.
Reversion :: Reversion (n.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
Antitype :: Antitype (n.) That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
Homotypal :: Homotypal (a.) Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts..
Stereotyped :: Stereotype (n.) The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them..
Electrotyper :: Electrotyper (n.) One who electrotypes.
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type..
Perigenesis :: Perigenesis (n.) A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.
Tetraonid :: Tetraonid (n.) A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively..
Hyalotype :: Hyalotype (n.) A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a photographic transparency.
Founder :: Founder (n.) One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types..
Flower :: Flower (n.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc..
Typewriter :: Typewriter (n.) One who uses such an instrument.
Representative :: Representative (a.) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family..
Proto- :: Proto- () A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan..
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