n. A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing; -- made obsolete by later developments in copying technology; see xerography. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
☞ The writing or drawing is made with aniline ink on paper, and a reverse copy transfered by pressure to a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin. A large number of transcripts can be taken while the ink is fresh. [ 1913 Webster ]
Various names have been given to the process [ the gelatin copying process ], some of them acceptable and others absurd; hectograph, polygraph, copygraph, lithogram, etc. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; writing much; poly`s much, many + &unr_; to write: cf. F. polygraphe. ] 1. An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ Gr. &unr_; writing much; poly`s much, many + &unr_; to write: cf. F. polygraphe. ] 1. An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
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