Lithography is a method of printing in which a piece of stone or metal is specially treated so that ink sticks to some parts of it and not to others.
lithographicadjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
The book's 85 colour lithographic plates look staggeringly fresh and bold.
lithography in British English
(lɪˈθɒɡrəfɪ)
noun
a method of printing from a metal or stone surface on which the printing areas are not raised but made ink-receptive while the non-image areas are made ink-repellent
Derived forms
lithographer (liˈthographer)
noun
Word origin
C18: from New Latin lithographia, from litho- + -graphy
lithography in American English
(lɪˈθɑgrəfi)
noun
the art or process of printing from a flat stone or metal plate by a method based on the repulsion between grease and water: the design is put on the surface with a greasy material, and then water and printing ink are successively applied; the greasy parts, which repel water, absorb the ink, but the wet parts do not