1. The sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate
   "The artist created a unique monotype by carefully transferring the image from the plate to paper"
    
2. A typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
   "The old newspaper office still had a monotype in the corner, rarely used but kept for nostalgia"
    
3. (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
   "The giant panda was once considered a monotype in its own genus"

Derived forms: monotypes

Type of: print, taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group, typesetting machine

Encyclopedia: Monotype