Protograph

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The original manuscript of a given text, from which all further copies derive.
  2. 2
    A projected graph.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin protographum.

Etymology 2

From proto- + graph.

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