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单词 photoengraving
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photoengraving

[ foh-toh-en-grey-ving ]
/ ˌfoʊ toʊ ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ /
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noun

a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
a plate so produced.
a print made from it.

Origin of photoengraving

First recorded in 1870–75; photo- + engraving

Words nearby photoengraving

photoelectron, photoelectrotype, photoemission, photoeng., photoengrave, photoengraving, photo essay, photo finish, photofinishing, photofission, Photofit
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Example sentences from the Web for photoengraving

  • That was the photoengraving place that you talked about, wasn't it, in your testimony?

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  • Blocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.

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  • There are about 100 men in the city engaged in the different processes of photoengraving.

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  • Other departments of the printing industry are photoengraving, stereotyping, electrotyping, and lithographing.

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British Dictionary definitions for photoengraving

photoengraving
/ (ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ) /

noun

a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates
a plate made by this process
a print made from such a plate
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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