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单词 zincography
释义

zincography

[ zing-kog-ruh-fee ]
/ zɪŋˈkɒg rə fi /

noun

the art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.

Origin of zincography

First recorded in 1825–35; zinc + -o- + -graphy

OTHER WORDS FROM zincography

zin·cog·ra·pher, nounzin·co·graph·ic [zing-kuh-graf-ik], /ˌzɪŋ kəˈgræf ɪk/, zin·co·graph·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby zincography

zincify, zincite, zinckenite, zinco, zincograph, zincography, zinc ointment, zincous, zinc oxide, zinc phosphide, zinc stearate
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Example sentences from the Web for zincography

  • Zincography is an adaptation of the same principle to plates of zinc.

    Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million|Sarah Josepha Hale
  • The processes of zincography and of algraphy (aluminium printing) are essentially the same as lithography.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6|Various
  • Zinc′ograph, a plate or picture produced by zincography; Zincog′rapher, one who makes zincographic plates.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for zincography

zincography
/ (zɪŋˈkɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

the art or process of etching on zinc to form a printing plate

Derived forms of zincography

zincographer, nounzincographic (ˌzɪŋkəˈɡræfɪk) or zincographical, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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