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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collotype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
col-lo-type
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dichromate-based photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.

Uncountable

noun

An image produced by this process.

Countable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -type.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

collotypes (plural)

Derived Forms

chromocollotype

Synonyms

lichtdruck collotype printing photogelatin process

Questions

What does collotype mean?
A dichromate-based photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.
Where does collotype come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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