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单词 photo-offset
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photo-offsetn.

Brit. /ˌfəʊtəʊˈɒfsɛt/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈɔfˌsɛt/, /ˌfoʊdoʊˈɑfˌsɛt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: photolithography n., offset n.
Etymology: < photo- (in photolithography n.) + offset n. Compare slightly later photolitho offset n. at photolitho adj. and n. Compounds.
Printing.
Offset printing using plates produced by a photographic process, esp. by photolithography. Frequently attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > photomechanical or process printing > [noun] > offset
offset1906
photo-offset1922
photolitho offset1931
1922 Times 1 Nov. 13/6 Influence of Photo-Offset and Rotary Photogravure.
1926 F. B. Wiborg Printing Ink ix. 122 During the last few years a number of photo-offset processes have been perfected... By means of some of these processes it is now possible to photograph a design directly upon the surface of a prepared metal plate, and then to mechanically etch the plate for printing.
1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 780/3 The time is surely ripe for general agreement upon a standard set of [bibliographical] terms designed to cover modern processes, including the now commonly used method of photo-offset reproduction.
1976 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 4 Sept. 7/1 The Folio Society..does not mass-produce huge editions by photo-offset.
1990 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. 8 vi. 46/2 Laser-printed type fattens up when reproduced with photo-offset methods.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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