ectype

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An impression (in wax, clay, &c.) of a seal or medal.
    — Peireskius sent the Ectype of a Medal to Sir Robert Cotton, in which Britannia was with both a double and single N.
  2. An object in relievo or embossed.
  3. A copy, reproduction; especially as contrasted with the original, archetype, or prototype.
    — If my account is correct, both archetypes and ectypes are 'real' insofar as they are composed of ideas of sensation. But I draw a distinction that Johnson does not acknowledge, viz., a distinction between ontological and epistemic ectypes.
  4. An idea or impression that corresponds to external reality.

词形变化

ectypes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
ectypal
相关词
ectypography

词源

From Ancient Greek ἔκτυπος (éktupos, “worked in relief”), from ἐκ- (ek-) + τύπος (túpos).
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