- lithography li·thog·ra·phy n
- [lɪ'θɒɡrəfɪ]
litografia
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lithography li·thog·ra·phy n
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pho|to|li|thog|ra|phy — «FOH tuh lih THOG ruh fee», noun. a process of producing, by photography, designs upon lithographic stone or metal plates, from which prints may be taken as in ordinary lithography or by offset … Useful english dictionary
Lithography — Li*thog ra*phy, n. [Cf. F. lithographie.] 1. The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lithography — li|thog|ra|phy [lıˈθɔgrəfi US lıˈθa: ] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : German; Origin: lithographie, from Greek lithos stone + graphia writing ] a method of printing in which a pattern is cut into stone or metal so that ink sticks to some parts of it… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lithography — li|thog|ra|phy [ lı θagrəfi ] noun uncount a method of printing pictures that uses flat metal or stone surfaces, parts of which are covered with ink ╾ lith|o|graph|ic [ ,lıθə græfık ] adjective … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lithography — li·thog·ra·phy … English syllables
lithography — li•thog•ra•phy [[t]lɪˈθɒg rə fi[/t]] n. fia a printing technique by which the image to be printed is fixed on a stone or metal plate with a combination of ink absorbent and ink repellent vehicles • Etymology: 1700–10; < NL lithographia. See… … From formal English to slang
Typolithographic — Typolithography Ty po*li*thog ra*phy, n. [Gr. ? type + lithography.] A branch of lithography in which impressions from printers types are transferred to stone for reproduction. {Ty po*lith o*graph ic}, a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Typolithography — Ty po*li*thog ra*phy, n. [Gr. ? type + lithography.] A branch of lithography in which impressions from printers types are transferred to stone for reproduction. {Ty po*lith o*graph ic}, a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lithographic — litho li‧tho [ˈlaɪθəʊ ǁ oʊ] also li‧thog‧ra‧phy [lɪˈθɒgrəfi ǁ ˈθɑː ] noun [uncountable] a method of printing in which a design is drawn on a wet surface using a special ink containing oil lithographic adjective : • conventional lithographic… … Financial and business terms
Chromolithography — Chro mo*li*thog ra*phy, n. Lithography adapted to printing in inks of various colors. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
