1. electrotype - Noun
2. electrotype - Verb
A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.
To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThese engravings were then used as masters for making the electrotype copies for the actual printing of the books. citation The original wood blocks are now in the collection of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Source: Internet
It was too late to have important electrotype and stereotype plates shipped to India from Oxford, and the Oxford printing house itself was overburdened with government printing orders as the empire's propaganda machine got to work. Source: Internet
The oldest surviving example is a copper electrotype of a recording cut into a wax disc in 1881. Source: Internet