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noun
1.
a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
2.
a print made by this process.
3.
a section of a newspaper consisting of pages printed by the rotogravure process; magazine section.
Origin:
1910–15; < German Rotogravur, orig. in the name of a Berlin printing firm (Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft), allegedly formed from the names of two other firms, Rotophot and Deutshe Photogravur AG; compare photogravure, rotary
1910–15; < German Rotogravur, orig. in the name of a Berlin printing firm (Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft), allegedly formed from the names of two other firms, Rotophot and Deutshe Photogravur AG; compare photogravure, rotary
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rotogravure
1913, from Ger. Rotogravur (originally, in full, Deutsche Tiefdrück Gesellschaft), said to blend two corporate names, Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur A.G. Etymologically, the roots are L. rota "wheel, roller" and Fr. gravure "engraving." The process was used for printing photo sections of newpapers
EXPANDand magazines, so that the word came to be used for these.
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