[seer-uh-tahyp] 
| a process of engraving in which the design or the like is cut on a wax-coated metal plate from which a printing surface is subsequently produced by stereotyping or by electrotyping. |
| ce·ro·type (sîr'ə-tīp', sěr'ə-) n. The process of preparing a printing surface for electrotyping by first engraving on a wax-coated metal plate. [Greek kēros, wax + type.] |
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