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col·lo·type  (kl-tp)

n.

1. A printing process employing a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced. Also called photogelatin process.

2. A print made by this process.

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collotype

1. a photographic plate made with a gelatin film, capable of highly detailed reproductions.
2. the process of making such a plate.
3. the picture made with such a plate.

See also: Photography

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collotype - a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors collotype printing, photogelatin process hectograph, heliotype - duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy planographic printing, planography - the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)