Definition of type

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Type (n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group..

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Stereotypist :: Stereotypic (a.) Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates..
Artotype :: Artotype (n.) A kind of autotype.
Stereotypery :: Stereotyper (n.) One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry..
Ectype :: Ectype (n.) A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:.
Methol :: Methol (n.) The technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl..
Dicyanide :: Dicyanide (n.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also bicyanide.
Space :: Space (n.) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..
Autotype :: Autotype (n.) A facsimile.
Heterology :: Heterology (n.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology..
Coridine :: Coridine (n.) A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type..
Calotype :: Calotype (n.) A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot..
Chase :: Chase (n.) A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
Aphaniptera :: Aphaniptera (n. pl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea..
Em :: Em (n.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type..
Gothic :: Gothic (n.) A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines..
Lithotype :: Lithotype (n.) A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that which in printed from it. See Lithotypy..
Canon :: Canon (n.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.
Veneracea :: Veneracea (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus..
Caprid :: Caprid (a.) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type..
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