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hectograph en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (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.

Forms

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hectographs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

spirit duplicator · mimeograph

Relateds

hectography · hectographic

Synonyms

jellygraph

Translations (3)

de Hektograf (machine) · pl hektograf (machine) · fi hektografi (machine)

hectograph en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To duplicate (a document) by this process.
    • The menus are in hectographed handwriting. 1971, John Updike, Rabbit Redux, Alfred A. Knopf, page 39:

Forms

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hectographed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hectographed Tense=Past lexicographic
hectographs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hectographing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic