photoengraving
[ foh-toh-en-grey-ving ]
/ ˌfoʊ toʊ ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ /
noun
a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
a plate so produced.
a print made from it.
RELATED WORDS
illustration, inscription, etching, lithograph, woodcut, engraving, reproduction, shoot, print, illustrate, reproduce, capture, impression, scratch, cutting, chasing, intaglio, mezzotint, rotogravure, photogravure
Nearby words
- photoelectron,
- photoelectrotype,
- photoemission,
- photoeng.,
- photoengrave,
- photofinishing,
- photofission,
- photofit,
- photoflash,
- photoflight
Origin of photoengraving
photoengrave
[ foh-toh-en-greyv ]
/ ˌfoʊ toʊ ɛnˈgreɪv /
verb (used with object), pho·to·en·graved, pho·to·en·grav·ing.
to make a photoengraving of.
Origin of photoengrave
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Examples from the Web for photoengraving
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 KennedyBlocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.
Up To Date Business|VariousThere are about 100 men in the city engaged in the different processes of photoengraving.
Wage Earning and Education|R. R. LutzOther departments of the printing industry are photoengraving, stereotyping, electrotyping, and lithographing.
Wage Earning and Education|R. R. Lutz
photoengraving
/ (ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ) /
noun
a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates
a plate made by this process
a print made from such a plate
photoengrave
/ (ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪv) /
verb
(tr) to reproduce (an illustration) by photoengraving
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