cyclostyle
1 Americannoun
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a manifolding device consisting of a kind of pen with a small toothed wheel at the end that cuts minute holes in a specially prepared paper stretched over a smooth surface: used to produce a stencil from which copies are printed.
noun
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a circular colonnade or columned building open at the center.
noun
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a kind of pen with a small toothed wheel, used for cutting minute holes in a specially prepared stencil. Copies of the design so formed can be printed on a duplicator by forcing ink through the holes
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an office duplicator using a stencil prepared in this way
verb
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(tr) to print on a duplicator using such a stencil
Other Word Forms
- cyclostylar adjective
- cyclostyled adjective
Etymology
Origin of cyclostyle1
1880–85; formerly trademark; cyclo-, stylus
Origin of cyclostyle2
Example Sentences
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I am black but comely at this moment: because the cyclostyle has blacked me.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
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