transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-gət ]
noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin achates, from Greek achatēs
Date: 1570
1. : a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having its colors arranged in stripes, blended in clouds, or showing mosslike forms
2. : something made of or fitted with agate: as
a. : a drawplate used by gold-wire drawers
b. : a playing marble of agate
3.
a. : a size of type approximately 5 1/2 point
b. : condensed information (as advertisements or box scores) set especially in agate type