surface-printing

[ sur-fis-prin-ting ]
/ ˈsɜr fɪsˌprɪn tɪŋ /

noun

planography.

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Origin of surface-printing

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby surface-printing

surface structure, surface tension, surface wave, surface-active, surface-active agent, surface-printing, surface-ripened, surface-tension theory of narcosis, surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, surface-to-underwater
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Example sentences from the Web for surface-printing

  • Typography, or surface-printing, is the process employed in the production of our current British stamps.

    Peeps at Postage Stamps|Stanley Currie Johnson