different between monotype vs monoline

English

Etymology

From mono- +? type or mono- +? -type. The printing technique is so called because it allows only one impression to be taken.

Noun

monotype (countable and uncountable, plural monotypes)

1. (art, printing) A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.
2. (art, printing, uncountable) The technique of making such prints.
3. (biology) A monotypic taxon.
4. A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.
5. (sailing) A sailboat designed to be crewed or raced by a single person.
6. (computing theory) In the Hindley–Milner type system, a single specific data type.

   Coordinate term: polytype

Verb

monotype (third-person singular simple present monotypes, present participle monotyping, simple past and past participle monotyped)

1. (transitive) To produce a monotype of.

   to monotype an engraving

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English monotype.

Noun

monotype f (invariable)

1. monotype

English

Etymology

From mono- +? line.

Noun

monoline (plural monolines)

1. (business) A company operating in only one industry or line of business; often specifically a bank specializing in credit card issuance.
2. (finance) An insurer specialized in insuring investment-grade securities against loss.
3. (calligraphy) A font line of consistent width, as occurs when imitating pencil script.
4. (aquaculture) A length of monofilament line, used for culturing forms of seaweed.
5. (printing, dated) A type of composing machine in which each line of type is cast as a single slug.
6. (spectroscopy) A single spectrum line.

Related terms

• monorail
• monotype
• multiline