Definition of type

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of type is as below...

Type (n.) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin..

Lern More About Type

Body :: Body (n.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body..
Typewrite :: Typewrite (v. t. & i.) To write with a typewriter.
Key :: Key (n.) That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter..
Photo-electrotype :: Photo-electrotype (n.) An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc..
Teratology :: Teratology (n.) That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals..
Chromatype :: Chromatype (n.) The process by which such picture is made.
Ectype :: Ectype (n.) A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.
Meliaceous :: Meliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.
Shamanism :: Shamanism (n.) The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution..
Olefine :: Olefine (n.) Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene..
Presswork :: Presswork (n.) The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done..
Mat :: Mat (n.) An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype..
Chase :: Chase (n.) A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
Rhabdopleura :: Rhabdopleura (n.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata.
Phonotypr :: Phonotypr (n.) A type or character used in phonotypy.
Type :: Type (n.) The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.
Stereotyped :: Stereotyped (a.) Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates..
Slur :: Slur (v. t.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle..
Degenerate :: Degenerate (v. i.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us