STEREOTYPE
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Ste"re*o*type (?), n. [Stereo- + -type: cf. F. stéréotype.] 1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
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&hand_; A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type.
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2. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
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Stereotype block, a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing.
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Ste"re*o*type, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stereotyped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping (?).] [Cf. F. stéréotyper.] 1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
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2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
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Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions.
Duke of Argyll (1887).
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