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sid·er·og·ra·phy
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rə
fi
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noun
1.
the
art
or technique of engraving on steel.
2.
a method of increasing the number of reproductions obtained from a steel engraving by first rolling a soft-steel cylinder over a hardened steel plate and then rolling the hardened cylinder over a soft-steel plate.
Origin:
1810–20;
sidero-
1
+
-graphy
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sid·er·og·ra·pher,
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sid·er·o·graph·ic
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adjective
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Siderography
has a plethora of syllables.
So is
sesquipedalianism
. Does it mean:
So is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
. Does it mean:
So is
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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