photoengraving

[foh-toh-en-grey-ving]

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noun

a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
a plate so produced.
a print made from it.

Origin of photoengraving

First recorded in 1870–75; photo- + engraving

photoengrave

[foh-toh-en-greyv]

verb (used with object), pho·to·en·graved, pho·to·en·grav·ing.

to make a photoengraving of.

Origin of photoengrave

First recorded in 1870–75; photo- + engrave

Related formspho·to·en·grav·er, noun

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Related Words for photoengraving

illustration, inscription, etching, lithograph, woodcut, engraving, reproduction, shoot, print, illustrate, reproduce, capture, impression, scratch, cutting, chasing, intaglio, mezzotint, rotogravure, photogravure

Examples from the Web for photoengraving

Historical Examples of photoengraving

Blocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.
Up To Date Business
Various
There are about 100 men in the city engaged in the different processes of photoengraving.
Wage Earning and Education
R. R. Lutz
Other departments of the printing industry are photoengraving, stereotyping, electrotyping, and lithographing.
Wage Earning and Education
R. R. Lutz
That 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 Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for photoengraving

photoengraving

noun

a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates
a plate made by this process
a print made from such a plate

photoengrave

verb

(tr) to reproduce (an illustration) by photoengraving

Derived Formsphotoengraver, noun

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