-type
-type , noun
[See Type, n.]
A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, monotype.
Type (tīp) , noun
[French type; compare Italian tipo, from Latin typus a figure, image, a form, type, character, Greek ty`pos the mark of a blow, impression, form of character, model, from the root of ty`ptein to beat, strike; compare Sanskrit tup to hurt.]
1.
The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.
The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings,
Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel.
2.
Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
Thy father bears the type of king of Naples.
3.
A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
A type is no longer a type when the thing typified comes to be actually exhibited.
4.
(Biology) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.
(a)
(Biology) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group.
Since the time of Cuvier and Baer... the whole animal kingdom has been universally held to be divisible into a small number of main divisions or types.
(b)
(Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
(c)
(Chemistry) A simple compound, used as a model or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, HCl; water, H2O; ammonia, NH3; and methane, CH4.
5.
(a) (Typography) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
(b)
(Typography) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.
Collocations (6)
Point system of type bodies (Type Founding) , a system adopted by the type founders of the United States by which the various sizes of type have been so modified and changed that each size bears an exact proportional relation to every other size. The system is a modification of a French system, and is based on the pica body. This pica body is divided into twelfths, which are termed “points,” and every type body consist of a given number of these points. Many of the type founders indicate the new sizes of type by the number of points, and the old names are gradually being done away with. By the point system type founders cast type of a uniform size and height, whereas formerly fonts of pica or other type made by different founders would often vary slightly so that they could not be used together. There are no type in actual use corresponding to the smaller theoretical sizes of the point system. In some cases, as in that of ruby, the term used designates a different size from that heretofore so called.
Type founder , one who casts or manufacture type.
Type foundry or Type foundery , a place for the manufacture of type.
Type metal , an alloy used in making type, stereotype plates, etc., and in backing up electrotype plates. It consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a little tin, nickel, or copper.
Type wheel , a wheel having raised letters or characters on its periphery, and used in typewriters, printing telegraphs, etc.
Unity of type (Biology) , that fundamental agreement in structure which is seen in organic beings of the same class, and is quite independent of their habits of life. — Darwin
Type , transitive verb
1.
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure. [Rare] — White (Johnson)
2.
To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify. [Rare]
Let us type them now in our own lives.