Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POLYTYPE
Pol "y *type, n. Etym: [Poly- + -type. ] (Print. )
Defn: A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation ); as, a polytype in relief. By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an intaglio matrix is produced: and from this matrix, in a similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained. Hansard.
POLYTYPE
POLYTYPE Pol "y *type, a. (Print. )
Defn: Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a polytype plate.
POLYTYPE
Pol "y *type, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polytyped; p. pr. & vb. n.Polytyping.] (Print. )
Defn: To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.
New American Oxford Dictionary
polytype
pol y type |ˈpäliˌtīp ˈpɑlətaɪp | ▶noun Crystallography any of a number of forms of a crystalline substance that differ in only one of the dimensions of the unit cell. DERIVATIVES pol y typ ic |ˌpäliˈtipik |adjective, pol y typ ism |ˌpäliˈtīˌpizəm |noun
Oxford Dictionary
polytype
poly |type |ˈpɒlɪtʌɪp | ▶noun Crystallography any of a number of forms of a crystalline substance which differ only in one of the dimensions of the unit cell. DERIVATIVES polytypic |pɒlɪˈtɪpɪk |adjective, polytypism noun
Duden Dictionary
Polytype
Po ly ty pe Substantiv, feminin , die |Polyt y pe |die Polytype; Genitiv: der Polytype, Plural: die Polytypen Drucktype mit mehreren Buchstaben
The Wordsmith Dictionary