photoengraving

[foh-toh-en-grey-ving]

noun

1. a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.

2. a plate so produced.

3. a print made from it.

photoengraving

/ ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ /

noun

1. a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates

2. a plate made by this process

3. a print made from such a plate

Word History and Origins

Origin of photoengraving¹

First recorded in 1870–75; photo- + engraving

Example Sentences

The writer invented the first successful photoengraving process for printing.

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His father, a photoengraver and inventor whose formal schooling had ended with fourth grade, held patents on several photoengraving devices.

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The errant photoengraving, kept in a picture editor’s desk, was reused again and again.

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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.

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Blocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.

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