PHOTOGRAVURE


Meaning of PHOTOGRAVURE in English

I. |fōd.əgrə|vyu̇(ə)r, -ōtə-, -grā|v-, -u̇ə noun

Etymology: French, from phot- + gravure

1. : any of several printing processes in which an intaglio usually copper printing plate is prepared by photographing an image through a screen onto the sensitized surface that after development is etched

2. : a print produced by photogravure

II. transitive verb

: to reproduce by photogravure

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