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Definition of 'hectograph'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hectograph
a process or machine for making copies from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original document has been transferred.

2. (v.t.) hectograph
to copy with a hectograph.

Etymology: (1875–80)

Definition of 'hectograph'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) hectograph, heliotype
duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy

2. (verb) hectograph
copy on a duplicator
"hectograph the hand-outs"

Definition of 'hectograph'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) hectograph
a contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin

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