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lithography

[ li-thog-ruh-fee ]

noun

  1. the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
  2. a similar process in which a substance other than stone, as aluminum or zinc, is used. Compare offset ( def 6 ).


lithography

/ lɪˈθɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

  1. a method of printing from a metal or stone surface on which the printing areas are not raised but made ink-receptive while the non-image areas are made ink-repellent
“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


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Derived Forms

  • liˈthographer, noun
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Other Words From

  • lith·o·graph·ic [lith-, uh, -, graf, -ik], litho·graphi·cal adjective
  • litho·graphi·cal·ly adverb
  • unlith·o·graphic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lithography1

From the New Latin word lithographia, dating back to 1700–10. See litho-, -graphy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lithography1

C18: from New Latin lithographia, from litho- + -graphy
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Example Sentences

Over decades, engineers in chip fabrication had mastered the art of lithography.

“It’s a very difficult technology—in terms of complexity it’s probably in the Manhattan Project category,” says Sam Sivakumar, Intel’s director of lithography.

The showstopper is a problem with one of the lithography machines, which set the pace of the whole operation.

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Each step down in process size—and increase in performance—requires the fab to be retooled with the latest generation of lithography machines to “print” the chips, along with the fleet of equipment that rings them.

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Ohio Art sold off its toys, sharply cut its staff, and focused on metal lithography.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, with colored frontispiece done in lithography.

Some artists experimented, but lithography did not pay while the anecdote in paint fetched a fortune.

Lithography, appropriated by commerce, was almost forgotten as a means of artistic expression.

And since then no incautious British artists or critics have dared to tamper with Senefelder's definition of lithography.

The colored plates are reproduced in the highest style of chromo-lithography from Mr. Thorburn's elaborate drawings.

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