The art, process, or practice of electrotyping; the creation of printing plates using electrochemical methods.
From electrotype + -y (abstract noun suffix). A rare variant form emphasizing the craft or discipline of electrotyping, used mainly in 19th-century printing literature.
Electrotypy represented the industrial revolution's impact on printing—it transformed printing from a purely mechanical craft into a scientific discipline requiring knowledge of chemistry and electricity.
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