photoengraving
a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
a plate so produced.
a print made from it.
Origin of photoengraving
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How to use photoengraving in a sentence
Other departments of the printing industry are photoengraving, stereotyping, electrotyping, and lithographing.
Wage Earning and Education | R. R. LutzThat was the photoengraving place that you talked about, wasn't it, in your testimony?
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThere are about 100 men in the city engaged in the different processes of photoengraving.
Wage Earning and Education | R. R. LutzBlocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.
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British Dictionary definitions for photoengraving
/ (ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ) /
a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates
a plate made by this process
a print made from such a plate
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