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gravure

American  
[gruh-vyoor, grey-vyer] / grəˈvyʊər, ˈgreɪ vyər /

noun

  1. an intaglio process of photomechanical printing, such as photogravure or rotogravure.

  2. a print produced by gravure.

  3. the metal or wooden plate used in photogravure.


gravure British  
/ ɡrəˈvjʊə /

noun

  1. a method of intaglio printing using a plate with many small etched recesses See also rotogravure

  2. See photogravure

  3. matter printed by this process

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gravure

1875–80; < French, equivalent to grav ( er ) to engrave < Germanic ( see grave 3) + -ure -ure

Example Sentences

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And in gravure printing, contact between the printer head and the substrate can damage underlying layers.

From Nature • Nov. 22, 2016

The development of gravure printing made high-quality, mass- production print runs possible.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011

Just as digital technology today has exploded our knowledge of the world so the technology of gravure opened up our Sunday reading.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011

Air-Mail Pictorial is printed on "gravure news" stock, some 20% lighter than usual rotogravure paper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Procedure, showing method of cutting with the knife on the plank grain, from Jean Papillon's Trait� de la gravure en bois, 1766.

From Why Bewick Succeeded A Note in the History of Wood Engraving by Kainen, Jacob

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