photogravure

[ foh-tuh-gruh-vyoor, -grey-vyer ]

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noun

any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
the plate.

a print made from it.

Origin of photogravure

First recorded in 1875–80; photo- + gravure

Other words from photogravure

pho·to·gra·vure·ist, noun

Words Nearby photogravure

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How to use photogravure in a sentence

All photogravure plate makers of the present time have more or less copied the process of Fox Talbot.
The Building of a Book | Various
With a Frontispiece in photogravure and 16 other Illustrations.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France | Mary Croom Brown
Illustrated with a series of portraits in etching and photogravure.
Narcissa, or the Road to Rome | Laura E. Richards
With photogravure frontispiece and sixty-five illustrations.
The Curved Blades | Carolyn Wells
Illustrated with facsimile letters and photogravure frontispiece.
Occultism and Common-Sense | Beckles Willson

British Dictionary definitions for photogravure

photogravure

/ (ˌfəʊtəʊɡrəˈvjʊə) /

noun

any of various methods in which an intaglio plate for printing is produced by the use of photography
matter printed from such a plate

Origin of photogravure

C19: from photo- + French gravure engraving

Former name: heliogravure

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