polytype
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1POLYTYPE + NOUN
chrysotile
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noun
Any of the types involved in polytypism.
Orthochrysotile is a polytype of chrysotile.
A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century , Professor Wilson of Glasgow , being engaged in a series of experiments for making etchings upon glass with fluoric acid for the purposes of art , thought it possible to make polytypes of glass from engraved copperplates
In the Hindley–Milner type system, a data type containing variables bound by one or more ∀ (for-all) quantifiers.
verb
To produce a polytype of.
to polytype an engraving
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3Orthochrysotile is a polytype of chrysotile.
WiktionaryTowards the end of the eighteenth century , Professor Wilson of Glasgow , being engaged in a series of experiments for making etchings upon glass with fluoric acid for the purposes of art , thought it
Wiktionaryto polytype an engraving
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