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ˈstereoˌtyping, vbl. n.
[f. stereotype v. + -ing1.]
1. The action or process of making stereotype plates for printing. Also attrib.
1807Monthly Mag. May 372/2 The wear of moveable types, in Stereotyping, does not exceed 5l. per cent. of the heavy expence incurred by the old method of printing. 1820T. Hodgson Ess. Stereotype Printing 87 A plate was then obtained from the matrice by means of the stereotyping, or striking, machine. 1904H. Spencer Autobiog. II. 164 The cost of composition and stereotyping.
2. fig. The action of fixing or perpetuating in an unchanging form.
1888Bulman in Hardwicke's Sci.-Gossip XXIV. 231/2 The ‘stereotyping’ of the developed colours by insect selection. 1903Morley Gladstone ix. vii. III. 331 There ought to be no stereotyping of our minds against modifications. 1914J. Patrick Clement of Alexandria vi. 220 An illustration of a familiar experience—the stereotyping of an error, not recognised as an error in the mind of a writer.
3. Zool. = stereotypy 3.
1950G. Sircom tr. Hediger's Wild Animals in Captivity viii. 76 This stereotyping is not serious, yet it shows clearly enough that the animal's surroundings need enrichment. 1967Animal Behaviour XV. 64 There were no significant differences between any of the groups in spot-picking, route-tracing, or total stereotyping. |