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photolithograph

American  
[foh-tuh-lith-uh-graf, -grahf] / ˌfoʊ təˈlɪθ əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

  1. Also photolithoprint a lithograph printed from a stone or the like upon which a picture or design has been formed by photography.


verb (used with object)

photolithographs, present (3rd person singular) photolithographed, past participle, past photolithographing present participle
  1. to make a photolithograph of.

photolithograph British  
/ -ˌɡræf, ˌfəʊtəʊˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf /

noun

  1. a picture printed by photolithography

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to reproduce (pictures, text, etc) by photolithography

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of photolithograph

First recorded in 1850–55; photo- + lithograph

Example Sentences

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The works, by a broad range of artists, include a 3-D print as well as a painting, photolithograph and photographs.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2015

A "digest cross-reference" is a cross-reference formed from abstracts or extracts from a patent consisting of illustration and text cut from a photolithograph of a patent and mounted.

From The Classification of Patents by United States Patent Office

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