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cyclostyle

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cy⋅clo⋅style

1  [sahy-kluh-stahyl, sik-luh-]
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–noun
a manifolding device consisting of a kind of pen with a small toothed wheel at the end that cuts minute holes in a specially prepared paper stretched over a smooth surface: used to produce a stencil from which copies are printed.
Origin:
1880–85; formerly trademark; cf. cyclo-, stylus

cy⋅clo⋅style

2  [sahy-kluh-stahyl, sik-luh-]
–noun Architecture.
a circular colonnade or columned building open at the center.
Origin:
cyclo- + -style 2

Related forms:
cy⋅clo⋅sty⋅lar, adjective
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cyclostyle

noun
1. a writing implement with a small toothed wheel that cuts small holes in a stencil 

verb
1. print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil 
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