1. A model or copy of a thing formed by the deposition of copper on a mold by galvanic action: also attrib.
1840. Athenæum, 11 April, 324. We have received from Mr. Barclay what he calls an electrotype seal.
1857. Whewell, Hist. Induct. Sc. (ed. 3), III. 537. The Electrotype Process is now one of the great powers which manufacturing art employs.
1880. Print. Trades Jrnl., xxx. 13. Stock of electrotype cuts.
2. The process of electrotyping.
1840. Mech. Mag., 15 Aug. XXXIII. 224. (heading of paragraph), The Electrotype in America.
1842. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., II. 193. Treatise on the Electrotype.
1859. Sir W. Harris, Rudim. Electr., 190. The useful arts and manufactures of this country, namely, electro-metallurgy, electrotype, galvano-plastic, &c.
