hectograph

Meaning

Noun

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.

Verb

To duplicate (a document) by this process.

Synonyms

heliotype

duplicating machine

duplicator

graph

mimeograph

multigraph

cyclostyle

offset print

Translations

hektograf

hectógrafo

Hektograph

πολύγραφος

poligrafo

poligrafare

hectograaf

stencil

hectògraf

jelatinli teksir makinası

Vervielfältiger

Etymology

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