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  TYPE, n.  Pestilent bits of metal suspected of destroying
  civilization and enlightenment, despite their obvious agency in this
  incomparable dictionary.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Type
     occurs only once in Scripture (1 Cor. 10:11, A.V. marg.). The
     Greek word _tupos_ is rendered "print" (John 20:25), "figure"
     (Acts 7:43; Rom. 5:14), "fashion" (Acts 7:44), "manner" (Acts
     23:25), "form" (Rom. 6:17), "example" or "ensample" (1 Cor.
     10:6, 11; Phil. 3:17; 1 Thess. 1:7; 2 Thess. 3:9; 1 Tim. 4:12).
     It properly means a "model" or "pattern" or "mould" into which
     clay or wax was pressed, that it might take the figure or exact
     shape of the mould. The word "type" is generally used to denote
     a resemblance between something present and something future,
     which is called the "antitype."

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  type
       
           (Or "data type") A set of values from
          which a variable, constant, function, or other expression may
          take its value.  A type is a classification of data that tells
          the compiler or interpreter how the programmer intends to
          use it.  For example, the process and result of adding two
          variables differs greatly according to whether they are
          integers, floating point numbers, or strings.
       
          Types supported by most programming languages include
          integers (usually limited to some range so they will fit in
          one word of storage), Booleans, floating point numbers,
          and characters.  Strings are also common, and are
          represented as lists of characters in some languages.
       
          If s and t are types, then so is s -> t, the type of
          functions from s to t; that is, give them a term of type s,
          functions of type s -> t will return a term of type t.
       
          Some types are primitive - built-in to the language, with no
          visible internal structure - e.g. Boolean; others are
          composite - constructed from one or more other types (of
          either kind) - e.g. lists, structures, unions.
       
          Some languages provide strong typing, others allow implicit
          type conversion and/or explicit type conversion.
       
          (2002-02-22)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  -type \-type\ [See Type, n.]
     A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print;
     type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype
     phototype, ferrotype, monotype.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Type \Type\, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure,
     image, a form, type, character, Gr. ? the mark of a blow,
     impression, form of character, model, from the root of ? to
     beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed
        sign; emblem.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings,
              Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A figure or representation of something to come; a token;
        a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A type is no longer a type when the thing typified
              comes to be actually exhibited.       --South.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic
        qualities; the representative. Specifically:
        (a) (Biol.) A general form or structure common to a number
            of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a
            species, genus, or other group, combining the
            essential characteristics; an animal or plant
            possessing or exemplifying the essential
            characteristics of a species, genus, or other group.
            Also, a group or division of animals having a certain
            typical or characteristic structure of body maintained
            within the group.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the
                  whole animal kingdom has been universally held
                  to be divisible into a small number of main
                  divisions or types.               --Haeckel.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) (Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects,
            scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject
            of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or
            a coin.
            [1913 Webster]
        (c) (Chem.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern
            to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as
            being related, and from which they may be actually or
            theoretically derived.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The fundamental types used to express the simplest and
           most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric
           acid, HCl; water, H2O; ammonia, NH3; and methane,
           CH4.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Typog.)
        (a) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character,
            cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
        (b) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole
            quantity of them used in printing, spoken of
            collectively; any number or mass of such letters or
            characters, however disposed.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Type are mostly made by casting type metal in a mold,
           though some of the larger sizes are made from maple,
           mahogany, or boxwood. In the cut, a is the body; b, the
           face, or part from which the impression is taken; c,
           the shoulder, or top of the body; d, the nick
           (sometimes two or more are made), designed to assist
           the compositor in distinguishing the bottom of the face
           from t`e top; e, the groove made in the process of
           finishing, -- each type as cast having attached to the
           bottom of the body a jet, or small piece of metal
           (formed by the surplus metal poured into the mold),
           which, when broken off, leaves a roughness that
           requires to be removed. The fine lines at the top and
           bottom of a letter are technically called ceriphs, and
           when part of the face projects over the body, as in the
           letter f, the projection is called a kern.
           [1913 Webster] The type which compose an ordinary book
           font consist of Roman CAPITALS, small capitals, and
           lower-case letters, and Italic CAPITALS and lower-case
           letters, with accompanying figures, points, and
           reference marks, -- in all about two hundred
           characters. Including the various modern styles of
           fancy type, some three or four hundred varieties of
           face are made. Besides the ordinary Roman and Italic,
           some of the most important of the varieties are 
           [1913 Webster] Old English. Black Letter. Old Style.
           French Elzevir. Boldface. Antique. Clarendon. Gothic.
           Typewriter. Script.
           [1913 Webster] The smallest body in common use is
           diamond; then follow in order of size, pearl, agate,
           nonpareil, minion, brevier, bourgeois (or two-line
           diamond), long primer (or two-line pearl), small pica
           (or two-line agate), pica (or two-line nonpareil),
           English (or two-line minion), Columbian (or two-line
           brevier), great primer (two-line bourgeois), paragon
           (or two-line long primer), double small pica (or
           two-line small pica), double pica (or two-line pica),
           double English (or two-line English), double great
           primer (or two-line great primer), double paragon (or
           two-line paragon), canon (or two-line double pica).
           Above this, the sizes are called five-line pica,
           six-line pica, seven-line pica, and so on, being made
           mostly of wood. The following alphabets show the
           different sizes up to great primer.
           [1913 Webster] Brilliant . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
           Diamond . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Pearl . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Agate . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Nonpareil . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Minion . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Brevier . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Bourgeois . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Long primer . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Small pica . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Pica . . . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz English . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Columbian . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Great primer . . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
           [1913 Webster] The foregoing account is conformed to
           the designations made use of by American type founders,
           but is substantially correct for England. Agate,
           however, is called ruby, in England, where, also, a
           size intermediate between nonpareil and minion is
           employed, called emerald.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Point system of type bodies (Type Founding), a system
        adopted by the type founders of the United States by which
        the various sizes of type have been so modified and
        changed that each size bears an exact proportional
        relation to every other size. The system is a modification
        of a French system, and is based on the pica body. This
        pica body is divided into twelfths, which are termed
        ``points,'' and every type body consist of a given number
        of these points. Many of the type founders indicate the
        new sizes of type by the number of points, and the old
        names are gradually being done away with. By the point
        system type founders cast type of a uniform size and
        height, whereas formerly fonts of pica or other type made
        by different founders would often vary slightly so that
        they could not be used together. There are no type in
        actual use corresponding to the smaller theoretical sizes
        of the point system. In some cases, as in that of ruby,
        the term used designates a different size from that
        heretofore so called.
        [1913 Webster] 1 American 9 Bourgeois [bar] [bar] 11/2
        German [bar] 2 Saxon 10 Long Primer [bar] [bar] 21/2 Norse
        [bar] 3 Brilliant 11 Small Pica [bar] [bar] 31/2 Ruby 12
        Pica [bar] [bar] 4 Excelsior [bar] 41/2 Diamond 14 English
        [bar] [bar] 5 Pearl 16 Columbian [bar] [bar] 51/2 Agate
        [bar] 6 Nonpareil 18 Great Primer [bar] [bar] 7 Minion
        [bar] 8 Brevier 20 Paragon [bar] [bar] Diagram of the
        "points" by which sizes of Type are graduated in the
        "Point System".
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Type founder, one who casts or manufacture type.
  
     Type foundry, Type foundery, a place for the manufacture
        of type.
  
     Type metal, an alloy used in making type, stereotype
        plates, etc., and in backing up electrotype plates. It
        consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a
        little tin, nickel, or copper.
  
     Type wheel, a wheel having raised letters or characters on
        its periphery, and used in typewriters, printing
        telegraphs, etc.
  
     Unity of type (Biol.), that fundamental agreement in
        structure which is seen in organic beings of the same
        class, and is quite independent of their habits of life.
        --Darwin.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Type \Type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Typing.]
     1. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to
        prefigure. [R.] --White (Johnson).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to
        typify. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let us type them now in our own lives. --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Type \Type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Typed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Typing.]
     1. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to
        prefigure. [R.] --White (Johnson).
  
     2. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to
        typify. [R.]
  
              Let us type them now in our own lives. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  -type \-type\ [See Type, n.]
     A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print;
     type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype
     phototype, ferrotype, monotype.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Type \Type\, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure,
     image, a form, type, character, Gr. ? the mark of a blow,
     impression, form of character, model, from the root of ? to
     beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.]
     1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed
        sign; emblem.
  
              The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings,
              Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
  
              Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. --Shak.
  
     3. A figure or representation of something to come; a token;
        a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
  
              A type is no longer a type when the thing typified
              comes to be actually exhibited.       --South.
  
     4. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic
        qualities; the representative. Specifically:
        (a) (Biol.) A general form or structure common to a number
            of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a
            species, genus, or other group, combining the
            essential characteristics; an animal or plant
            possessing or exemplifying the essential
            characteristics of a species, genus, or other group.
            Also, a group or division of animals having a certain
            typical or characteristic structure of body maintained
            within the group.
  
                  Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the
                  whole animal kingdom has been universally held
                  to be divisible into a small number of main
                  divisions or types.               --Haeckel.
        (b) (Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects,
            scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject
            of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or
            a coin.
        (c) (Chem.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern
            to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as
            being related, and from which they may be actually or
            theoretically derived.
  
     Note: The fundamental types used to express the simplest and
           most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric
           acid, HCl; water, H2O; ammonia, NH3; and methane,
           CH4.
  
     5. (Typog.)
        (a) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character,
            cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
        (b) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole
            quantity of them used in printing, spoken of
            collectively; any number or mass of such letters or
            characters, however disposed.
  
     Note: Type are mostly made by casting type metal in a mold,
           though some of the larger sizes are made from maple,
           mahogany, or boxwood. In the cut, a is the body; b, the
           face, or part from which the impression is taken; c,
           the shoulder, or top of the body; d, the nick
           (sometimes two or more are made), designed to assist
           the compositor in distinguishing the bottom of the face
           from the top; e, the groove made in the process of
           finishing, -- each type as cast having attached to the
           bottom of the body a jet, or small piece of metal
           (formed by the surplus metal poured into the mold),
           which, when broken off, leaves a roughness that
           requires to be removed. The fine lines at the top and
           bottom of a letter are technically called ceriphs, and
           when part of the face projects over the body, as in the
           letter f, the projection is called a kern. The type
           which compose an ordinary book font consist of Roman
           CAPITALS, small capitals, and lower-case letters, and
           Italic CAPITALS and lower-case letters, with
           accompanying figures, points, and reference marks, --
           in all about two hundred characters. Including the
           various modern styles of fancy type, some three or four
           hundred varieties of face are made. Besides the
           ordinary Roman and Italic, some of the most important
           of the varieties are -- Old English. Black Letter. Old
           Style. French Elzevir. Boldface. Antique. Clarendon.
           Gothic. Typewriter. Script. The smallest body in common
           use is diamond; then follow in order of size, pearl,
           agate, nonpareil, minion, brevier, bourgeois (or
           two-line diamond), long primer (or two-line pearl),
           small pica (or two-line agate), pica (or two-line
           nonpareil), English (or two-line minion), Columbian (or
           two-line brevier), great primer (two-line bourgeois),
           paragon (or two-line long primer), double small pica
           (or two-line small pica), double pica (or two-line
           pica), double English (or two-line English), double
           great primer (or two-line great primer), double paragon
           (or two-line paragon), canon (or two-line double pica).
           Above this, the sizes are called five-line pica,
           six-line pica, seven-line pica, and so on, being made
           mostly of wood. The following alphabets show the
           different sizes up to great primer. Brilliant . .
           abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  type
       n 1: a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of
            sculpture do you prefer?" [ant: antitype]
       2: a person of a specified kind (usually with many
          eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange
          character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a
          mental case" [syn: character, eccentric, case]
       3: (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used
          to define the next higher taxon
       4: printed characters; "small type is hard to read"
       5: a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end;
          produces a printed character when inked and pressed on
          paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick
          them up"
       6: all of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element'
          contains five different types of character"
       v 1: write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the
            acceptance letter, please" [syn: typewrite]
       2: identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can
          practically be typed" [syn: typecast]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  type
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 ο τύπος
     2 ((ετ ειδικ 0=-) (ετ μτφρ fr 0=-)) κάποιος, τύπος
     3 το είδος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  -type
     suf.
     1 impressed form; stamp; print
     2 typical form
     3 (lb en biology) (n-g: Used to form words referring to groups of
  organisms characterized by the presence of a specific feature)
     4 -like

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  type
     French a.
     1 typical, normal, classic
     2 (lb fr statistics) standard
     French n.
     1 (l en type); sort, kind
     2 (lb fr colloquial) guy, bloke, man
     3 (lb fr typography) typeface
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la typus  voc s)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en type) (''kind, sort'')
     2 (l en typeface)
     3 (lb nb slang) a male person, a boy or man
     4 (lb nb slang) someone's boyfriend

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Type
     German n.
     1 f a type in typesetting
     2 f a type of a typewriter or some kinds of printer
     3 f (lb de dated) (n-g: an unspecified person referred to in a
  somewhat respectless way;) bloke

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  -type
     suf.
     1 impressed form; stamp; print
     2 typical form
     3 (lb en biology) (n-g: Used to form words referring to groups of
  organisms characterized by the presence of a specific feature)
     4 -like

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  type
     n.
     1 A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
     2 An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as
  typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
     3 An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an
  embodiment.
     vb.
     1 To put text on paper using a typewriter.
     2 To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
     3 To determine the blood type of.
     4 To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
     5 To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
     6 To categorize into types.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  -type
     suf.
     1 impressed form; stamp; print
     2 typical form
     3 (lb en biology) (n-g: Used to form words referring to groups of
  organisms characterized by the presence of a specific feature)
     4 -like

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  type
     French a.
     1 typical, normal, classic
     2 (lb fr statistics) standard
     French n.
     1 (l en type); sort, kind
     2 (lb fr colloquial) guy, bloke, man
     3 (lb fr typography) typeface
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la typus  voc s)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en type) (''kind, sort'')
     2 (l en typeface)
     3 (lb nb slang) a male person, a boy or man
     4 (lb nb slang) someone's boyfriend

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Type
     German n.
     1 f a type in typesetting
     2 f a type of a typewriter or some kinds of printer
     3 f (lb de dated) (n-g: an unspecified person referred to in a
  somewhat respectless way;) bloke

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  -type
     suf.
     1 impressed form; stamp; print
     2 typical form
     3 (lb en biology) (n-g: Used to form words referring to groups of
  organisms characterized by the presence of a specific feature)
     4 -like

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  type
     French a.
     1 typical, normal, classic
     2 (lb fr statistics) standard
     French n.
     1 (l en type); sort, kind
     2 (lb fr colloquial) guy, bloke, man
     3 (lb fr typography) typeface
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la typus  voc s)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en type) (''kind, sort'')
     2 (l en typeface)
     3 (lb nb slang) a male person, a boy or man
     4 (lb nb slang) someone's boyfriend

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Type
     German n.
     1 f a type in typesetting
     2 f a type of a typewriter or some kinds of printer
     3 f (lb de dated) (n-g: an unspecified person referred to in a
  somewhat respectless way;) bloke

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  type
     Ranska n.
     1 tyyppi
     2 (yhteys arkikieli k=fr) tyyppi, heppu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  type
     Engelska n.
     1 typ, slag, sort, art
     2 (tagg vardagligt språk=en) individ
     3 symbol
     Engelska vb.
     1 maskinskriva, skriva på maskin
     2 symbolisera

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Type /ˈtyːpə/ 
  1. type
  einzelnes Element einer Schriftart
  2. loustic, zig
  Person mit typischen Merkmalen, auffällige Person

From German-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.5 : [ freedict:deu-nld ]


  Type /tˈyːpə/
  letter

From German-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:deu-por ]


  Type /tˈyːpə/
  letra

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  type /tˈaɪp/
  1. blokletter
  2. tipe

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Type /tˈaɪp/
  النوع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  type //taɪp// 
  1. тип 2.
  computing theory: tag indicating data type
   3.
  individual considered typical of its class
  2. вид, тип
  grouping based on shared characteristics

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  type //taɪp// 
  пиша на машина
  to use a typewriter