photolithograph

American

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

noun

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)

to make a photolithograph of.

photolithograph British

/ -ˌɡræf, ˌfəʊtəʊˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf /

noun

a picture printed by photolithography

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verb

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

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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

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 Project Gutenberg

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