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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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Stereo-

+ Gr. [GREEK] to cut: cf. F.

stéréotomie

The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.

Noun.

[Gr., fixed; to cut.] The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, &c.