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Lithography
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Etching
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Metal photo etching
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Industrial and decorative component etching. Chemical
photogravure
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noun
1.
any of various processes, based on photography, by
which
an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
2.
the plate.
3.
a print made from it.
Origin:
1875–80;
photo-
+
gravure
Related forms
pho·to·gra·vure·ist,
noun
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photogravure
(ˌfəʊtəʊɡrəˈvjʊə)
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n
1.
any of various methods in which an intaglio plate for printing is produced by the use of photography
2.
matter printed from such a plate
[C19: from
photo-
+ French
gravure
engraving]
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