hectograph

English

Etymology

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

Noun

hectograph (plural hectographs)

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

Synonyms

• jellygraph

Coordinate terms

• mimeograph
• spirit duplicator

Related terms

• hectographic
• hectography

Translations

machine

• Finnish: hektografi
• German: Hektograf m

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} stencil (nl)

Verb

hectograph (third-person singular simple present hectographs, present participle hectographing, simple past and past participle hectographed)

1. To duplicate (a document) by this process.
   • 1971, John Updike, Rabbit Redux, Alfred A. Knopf, page 39:

     The menus are in hectographed handwriting.

Further reading

• hectograph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia