Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A preliminary draft or proposed statement.
- noun In the nomenclature of natural history, the original pictorial description of a species, genus, or higher group.
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- noun mathematics A
projected graph
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Examples
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“She is bound to be wonderful,” still came from Robert, who had not seen that I was holding out the protograph to him.
The Sweet Cheat Gone 2003
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The protograph gave his parents the satisfaction of knowing that he is alive and not wounded, and they properly want their happiness given reflection through The Observer. "
Sergeant Hallyburton, the First American Soldier Captured in the World War 1923
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