Definition of polytypes Polytypes
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What does polytypes mean?
Wiktionary 
- polytypes (Noun)
Plural of polytype.
Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- polytype (n.)
A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief. - polytype (a.)
Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a polytype plate. - polytype (v. t.)
To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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polytype
pol′i-tīp, n. a cast or fac-simile of an engraving, matter in type, &c., produced by pressing a wood-cut or other plate into semi-fluid metal.—v.t. to reproduce by polytypage—also adj.—n. Pol′ytypage, stereotyping by the above method
