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ectype

N การสืบพันธุ์  การ ทำ เลียนแบบ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ECTYPE

a.[Gr. ] A copy. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ECTYPE

Ec "type, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ectype. See Ectypal. ]

 

1. (Classical Archæol.) (a ) A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence: (b ) A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely ).

 

2. A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed. Some regarded him [Klopstock ] as an ectype of the ancient prophets. Eng. Cyc..