noun Polytype n. (Print.) A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.; as, a polytype in relief "By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an intaglio matrix is produced: and from this matrix, in a similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained."
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