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.
&fist; 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.
2. The art or process of making such plates,
or of executing work by means of them.
Stereotype block, a block, usually of wood,
to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in
printing.
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.
2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to
fix.
Powerful causes tending to stereotype and
aggravate the poverty of old conditions.
Duke of
Argyll (1887).
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.
&fist; 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.
2. The art or process of making such plates,
or of executing work by means of them.
Stereotype block, a block, usually of wood,
to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in
printing.
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.
2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to
fix.
Powerful causes tending to stereotype and
aggravate the poverty of old conditions.
Duke of
Argyll (1887).
