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photo-offset
[ foh-toh-awf-set, -of- ]
/ ˌfoʊ toʊˈɔfˌsɛt, -ˈɒf- /
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noun
a method of printing, based on photolithography, in which the inked image is transferred from the metal plate to a rubber surface and then to the paper.
verb (used with or without object), pho·to-off·set, pho·to-off·set·ting.
to print by photo-offset.
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Origin of photo-offset
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby photo-offset
photoneutron, photonic, photonics, photonovel, photonuclear, photo-offset, photo op, photo opportunity, photooxidation, photopathy, photoperiod
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British Dictionary definitions for photo-offset
photo-offset
noun
printing an offset process in which the plates are produced photomechanically
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