n. Same as Electrotype. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. Duke of Argyll (1887). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Stereo- + -type: cf. F. stéréotype. ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Stereotype block,
a.
Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and smooth conventionalities. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A stereotyper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A stereotype printer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Stereo- + typography. ] The act or art of printing from stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. stéréotypie. ] The art or process of making stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]