photoengraving
Americannoun
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a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
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a plate so produced.
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a print made from it.
noun
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a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates
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a plate made by this process
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a print made from such a plate
Etymology
Origin of photoengraving
Example Sentences
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The writer invented the first successful photoengraving process for printing.
From Scientific American ● May 21, 2015
His father, a photoengraver and inventor whose formal schooling had ended with fourth grade, held patents on several photoengraving devices.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2014
The earlier of the two volumes consists of 488 pages explaining the craft of photoengraving, and it reproduces every conceivable example of the technique offered by the technology then available.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2012
The second volume consists of a reproduction of the chapter from Flader’s earlier edition explaining the art and technique of photoengraving.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2012
The book is abundantly illustrated, having twelve excellent plates in lithograph and photogravure, and two hundred and seventy-eight in the tone process and photoengraving.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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