Monotype : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Monotype	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Monotype
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monotype n (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus) a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monotype \Mon"otype\, Monotypic \Mon`otyp"ic\, a. [Mono- + -type: cf. F. monotype.] (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monotype \Mon"o*type\, n. [Mono- + -type.] 1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus. 2. A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also, the process of making such prints. 3. A kind of typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets individual types.