# hectograph

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An old printing machine that involved the transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.

## Etymology
From hecto- (“hundred”) + -graph, so called because it would make about 100 copies.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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