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2 dictionary results for: Graphic arts
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
graphic arts
–noun
1.Also called graphics. the arts or techniques, as engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut, lithography, and other methods, by which copies of an original design are printed from a plate, block, or the like.
2.the arts of drawing, painting, and printmaking.

[Origin: 1660–70]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
graphic arts  
pl.n.  
  1. The fine or applied visual arts and associated techniques involving the application of lines and strokes to a two-dimensional surface.
  2. The fine or applied visual arts and associated techniques in which images are produced from blocks, plates, or type, as in engraving and lithography. Also called graphics.

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