hectograph

3 definitions found

hectograph - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hectograph \Hec"to*graph\, n. [Gr. ? hundred + -graph.]
     A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of
     gelatin softened with glycerin. [Written also hectograph.]
     Hectoliter

  Chromograph \Chro"mo*graph\, n. [Gr. ? color + -graph.]
     An apparatus by which a number of copies of [ritten katter,
     kaps, plons, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph.
     [1913 Webster]

hectograph - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hectograph
      n 1: duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can
           be taken to make a copy [syn: hectograph, heliotype]
      v 1: copy on a duplicator; "hectograph the hand-outs"