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collotype

[ kol-uh-tahyp ]

noun

  1. any photomechanical process of printing from a plate coated with gelatin.
  2. the plate used for this.
  3. a print made from such a plate.


verb (used with object)

, col·lo·typed, col·lo·typ·ing.
  1. to produce (a print) by collotype; albertype; artotype; heliotype.

collotype

/ ˌkɒləˈtɪpɪk; ˈkɒləʊˌtaɪp /

noun

  1. Also calledphotogelatine process a method of lithographic printing from a flat surface of hardened gelatine: used mainly for fine-detail reproduction in monochrome or colour
  2. a print made using this process
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • collotypic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • col·lo·typ·ic [kol-, uh, -, tip, -ik], adjective
  • col·lo·typ·y [kol, -, uh, -tahy-pee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of collotype1

1880–85; < Greek kóll ( a ) glue + -o- + -type
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Word History and Origins

Origin of collotype1

C19: from Greek kolla glue + type
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Example Sentences

The two collotype plates represent A2 recto (title page) and A3 recto in the Dyce copy of the original.

The Collotype Facsimile (thirty-eight leaves unpaged) is inserted between pp. 53 and 54.

Collotype printing is not merely done by hand presses, but is also done by machinery.

With frontispiece in colour and thirty-five portraits in collotype.

With thirty-two portraits in collotype and frontispiece in colour.

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