hectograph

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Definition of hectograph

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(historical)An old printing machine that involved the transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.

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noun

(historical)An old printing machine that involved the transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.

verb

(transitive)To duplicate (a document) by this process.

“The menus are in hectographed handwriting.”

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From hecto- (“hundred”) + -graph, so called because it would make about 100 copies.

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