LITHOGRAPHY


Meaning of LITHOGRAPHY in English

— lithographic /lith'euh graf"ik/ , lithographical , adj. — lithographically , adv.

/li thog"reuh fee/ , n.

1. the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.

2. a similar process in which a substance other than stone, as aluminum or zinc, is used. Cf. offset (def. 6).

[ 1700-10; lithographia. See LITHO-, -GRAPHY ]

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