Word of the Day for Monday, December 19, 2011
ectype \EK-tahyp\, noun:
A reproduction; copy.
The B.O.'s ObamaStar was not a mere ectype of the Death Star, although it certainly was inspired by the Death Star. The ObamaStar was larger than the Death Star by a magnitude of 2.5 and had all the laser weapons, hangars containing assault shuttles, blastboats, Strike cruisers, land vehicles, support ships, SEIU Storm Troopers, and SBO fighters needed to keep the Rebellion in check. As it circled the earth, the orbit was set to provide a total eclipse of the sun twice a day, thus sending an eerie reminder to all those down on earth who was really in charge and who was watching over them on a constant basis!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
Were it not for the existence of the prototype, the ectype would not exist. And the characters of the ectype are determined entirely by those of the prototype, being again simply their reflections.-- Robert W. Jenson, The Knowledge of Things Hoped For
The development of ectype from prototype occurs as a concatenation, so that each dimension arises out of the previous one without wholly seperating itself.-- Martin Wallen, City of Health, Fields of Disease
As opposed to prototype, ectype originally meant “wrought in relief” in Greek. Its roots are ec, a variant of “ex,” and týpos, a “figure on a wall.”
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