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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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Origin of photolithograph

First recorded in 1850–55; photo- + lithograph

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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

The materials that went into this group of photolithographs include transparent ink and soot, which Mr. Robleto created by sweeping a lit candle beneath the paper.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2022

A corridor is lined with 10 silk-screened portraits by Andy Warhol and a few of William Wegman’s photolithographs of his bedecked Weimaraner dogs.

From New York Times Jan. 23, 2016

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