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gravure

DEFINITIONS OF: gravure

1

n a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

Synonyms:
intaglio, intaglio printing
Types:
photogravure
printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods
rotogravure
printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
Type of:
printing, printing process
reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication

n the act of intaglio printing

Types:
photogravure, rotogravure
using photography to produce a plate for printing
Type of:
printing
the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

n a printing plate used in the process of gravure

Type of:
engraving
a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved

n an intaglio print produced by gravure

Synonyms:
heliogravure, photogravure
Type of:
print
a picture or design printed from an engraving
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