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li·thog·ra·phy

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–noun

1.	the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.

2.	a similar process in which a substance other than stone, as aluminum or zinc, is used. Compare offset (def. 6).

[Origin: 1700–10; < NL lithographia. See litho-, -graphy

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lith·o·graph·ic

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lith·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

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li·thog·ra·phy Audio Help (lĭ-thŏg'rə-fē) Pronunciation Key
n. A printing process in which the image to be printed is rendered on a flat surface, as on sheet zinc or aluminum, and treated to retain ink while the nonimage areas are treated to repel ink.

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lithography

1813, from Ger. Lithographie (c.1804), coined from Gk. lithos "stone" + graphein "write." The original printing surfaces were of stone. Process invented 1796 by Alois Senefelder of Munich (1771-1833). Hence, lithograph "a lithographic print," a back-formation first attested 1828. Earlier senses, now obsolete, were "description of stones or rocks" (1708) and "art of engraving on precious stones" (1730).

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lithography
noun
1.	a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
2.	the act of making a lithographic print

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Lithography

Lith"o*graph\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lithographed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lithographing.] [Litho- + -graph: cf. F. lithographier.] To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography.

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