photoengraving
[foh-toh-en-grey-ving]
noun
a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
a plate so produced.
a print made from it.
Origin of photoengraving
photoengrave
[foh-toh-en-greyv]
verb (used with object), pho·to·en·graved, pho·to·en·grav·ing.
Origin of photoengrave
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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, photogravureExamples from the Web for photoengraving
Historical Examples of photoengraving
Blocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.
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There are about 100 men in the city engaged in the different processes of photoengraving.
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Other departments of the printing industry are photoengraving, stereotyping, electrotyping, and lithographing.
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That was the photoengraving place that you talked about, wasn't it, in your testimony?
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photoengraving
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photoengrave
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