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Meaning of "hectograph" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HECTOGRAPH

hectograph  [ˈhɛktəʊˌɡrɑːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HECTOGRAPH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hectograph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HECTOGRAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hectograph

Hectograph

The hectograph or gelatin duplicator or jellygraph is a printing process which involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame. The hectograph was invented in Russia in 1869 by Mikhail Alisov. While the original use of the plate has faded, it has recently been revived for use in the art world. The hectograph has been modernized and made practical for anyone to use.

Definition of hectograph in the English dictionary

The definition of hectograph in the dictionary is Also called: copygraph. a process for copying type or manuscript from a glycerine-coated gelatine master to which the original has been transferred. Other definition of hectograph is a machine using this process.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HECTOGRAPH


Addressograph
əˈdrɛsəʊˌɡrɑːf
anemograph
əˈnɛməʊˌɡrɑːf
cardiograph
ˈkɑːdɪəʊˌɡrɑːf
cerograph
ˈsɪərəʊˌɡrɑːf
chirograph
ˈkaɪrəʊˌɡrɑːf
electrocardiograph
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈkɑːdɪəʊˌɡrɑːf
electrograph
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌɡrɑːf
helicograph
ˈhɛlɪkəʊˌɡrɑːf
heliograph
ˈhiːlɪəʊˌɡrɑːf
ideograph
ˈɪdɪəʊˌɡrɑːf
macrograph
ˈmækrəʊˌɡrɑːf
magnetograph
mæɡˈniːtəʊˌɡrɑːf
micrograph
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌɡrɑːf
microradiograph
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈreɪdɪəʊˌɡrɑːf
ondograph
ˈɒndəʊˌɡrɑːf
radiograph
ˈreɪdɪəʊˌɡrɑːf
shadowgraph
ˈʃædəʊˌɡrɑːf
spectrograph
ˈspɛktrəʊˌɡrɑːf
sphygmograph
ˈsfɪɡməʊˌɡrɑːf
thermograph
ˈθɜːməʊˌɡrɑːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HECTOGRAPH

hecticly
hectocotyli
hectocotylus
hectogram
hectogramme
hectographic
hectographically
hectography
hectoliter
hectolitre
hectometer
hectometre
hector
hectorer
hectoring
hectoringly
hectorism
hectorly
hectorship
hectostere

WORDS THAT END LIKE HECTOGRAPH

autograph
chromolithograph
chronograph
cinematograph
digraph
electron micrograph
graph
lithograph
monograph
pantagraph
pantograph
paragraph
phonograph
photograph
pictograph
seismograph
seraph
spirograph
subgraph
subparagraph
telegraph

Synonyms and antonyms of hectograph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hectograph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HECTOGRAPH

Find out the translation of hectograph to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hectograph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hectograph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

胶版
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hectógrafo
570 millions of speakers

English

hectograph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हेक्टोगफ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منضحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гектограф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hectógrafo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হেক্তোগ্রাফ্
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hectographe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hectograph
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hektographen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hectograph
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한 Hectograph
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hectograph
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

máy in bản viết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hectograph
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेक्टोग्राफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hektograf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

duplicatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hectograph
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гектограф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hectograf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολύγραφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hectograaf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hectograph
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hectograph
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hectograph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HECTOGRAPH»

The term «hectograph» is regularly used and occupies the 98.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HECTOGRAPH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hectograph» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hectograph» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hectograph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HECTOGRAPH»

Discover the use of hectograph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hectograph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Train Up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools
Recipe for a Hectograph (from a Swartzentruber Amish teacher) 1 pint pure glycerin 2 boxes gelatin (8 envelopes) 2 cups water Heat glycerin to boiling point over low flame. Moisten gelatin with cold water. Be sure it's thoroughly soaked.
Karen Johnson-Weiner, 2007
2
Popular Science
DOUBLE-SURFACED. Hectograph. Below, pouring the hot gelatin into the pans. When it has set, it is ready for use. Left, peeling a copy from the hectograph MADE with two gelatin surfaces, this hectograph or duplicator may be stored away ...
3
The Spatula
Hectograph Purple Ink. Methyl violet i part Distilled water 7 parts Glycerin 2 parts Dissolve the methyl violet in the distilled water by the aid of a water bath, and add , when cool, the glycerin. Hectograph Red Ink. Eosin, ff 40 180 grs. Distilled ...
Irving P. Fox, 1911
4
Popular Mechanics
Novel Uses for the Hectograph The hectograph, as an office convenience, is well known, and some workers have utilized it as an aid in certain kinds of drawing, where a number of copies are required. Anyone who has worked with tracings ...
5
Teachers' Monographs
To make a hectograph the following are required : Two ounces of white glue. Four ounces of water. Eight ounces of glycerine. The glue can be bought in a paint store for about three cents. The glycerine will cost about fifteen cents if bought at a ...
‎1911
6
Boys' Life
Materials You Need: To make the duplicator, you need a metal baking pan about 9V2" x \VA" x 34 " deep and a one-pound package of hectograph filler compound — a gelatin. Other materials needed are a supply of %Vi" x 1 1" gelatin ...
7
Court of Appeals 1915 Vol. 91
2506 2507 2508 Defendants' Witness, Enznza Wuesthofif, Cross Q. There were two companies, the Hectograph Manufacturing Company, which was sold out under execution, and the Hectograph Manufacturing Coinpany, old company?
Court of Appeals
8
The Era Formulary: 5000 Formulas for Druggists
Sugar 25 grams. Potassium blsulphate 6 grams. Benzoic acid 2 grams. lndigo carmine 2 grams. Reduce each to a coarse powder and mix them. The quantity is sufficient to make 2 pints of ink. 4846. Hectograph Mass. Glycerine 12 parts.
Pharmaceutical Era, 1893
9
Boys' Life
Where can I get Hectograph filler compound, ink, pencils, and paper?— Brian Nobile, Bridgeport, Conn. • Heyer, Inc., Dept. BL, 1850 S. Kostner Ave., Chicago, 111, 60623, can supply you with these items: Hectograph compound, one-pound  ...
10
Encyclopedia of Modern Everyday Inventions
HECTOGRAPHS AND SPIRIT DUPLICATORS In 1923 a simpler process for smaller numbers of copies was invented in Germany. Called the hectograph (in America the trade name Ditto became the popular term), the original process used a ...
David John Cole, Eve Browning, Fred E. H. Schroeder, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HECTOGRAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hectograph is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Collecting - The Clark Nova Express: Horror Fanzines, the Mimeo …
... the various interviews also thoroughly cover how alternative communities were built through changing print and digital technologies: hectograph, mimeograph ... «ILAB, Jul 15»
2
Boy Scout newsletters offer slice of 1941 Pickerel...
Subscription to the Matawan Gazette — which printed “all the news fit to hectograph” — was 20 cents, or five cents a copy. On July 28, 1941 the ... «NorthBayNipissing.com, Feb 15»
3
Kent Messenger made by sailors on board HMS Kent during the …
“They look as if they were produced on a hectograph, a messy process involving special inks laid on a jelly bed off of which copies could be ... «Kent Online, Aug 14»
4
Why exactly does jelly wobble?
The jellygraph (or hectograph) works by making images on a tray of set gelatin using a special ink. Ordinary paper can then be laid on top, and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
5
Documentary History
... for cataloging and citing documents circulating through non-print modes of reproduction (for example, carbon copy or the hectograph). «Inside Higher Ed, Mar 14»
6
Lawrenceville Elementary celebrates 50 years
... Halloween carnival, which was a favorite of Sosebee's son, and the days when teachers would make copies using jellied hectograph pans. «Gwinnettdailypost.com, Nov 13»
7
Hey, AP Stylebook users, they're just guidelines
... English teacher told you or how you were instructed by the city editor or copy desk chief in your first job at the Gooberville Daily Hectograph. «Baltimore Sun, Nov 13»
8
The Sleeping Genre: Cthulhu's Time Has Come - IGN
... and he was even a proto-blogger: self-publishing science 'zines on hectograph blocks. He was a prodigious correspondent with all the genre ... «IGN, Oct 13»
9
I Love Lois: A Journalist's Thank You Note
... copy them on the portable, jelly hectograph we kept in the upstairs den. When she abandoned her brainchild, I was thrilled to take the baton. «Huffington Post, Jun 13»
10
Museums keep tiny towns' homes alive
She has a hectograph, an early photocopying machine she used as a school teacher up to the 1950s. It has a jelly-type composition paper was ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Apr 12»

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