lithography
IPA: ɫʌθˈɑgrʌfi
noun
- The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it.
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Examples of "lithography" in Sentences
- The printing process was lithography.
- In the current definition, etching is part of lithography.
- This is the part that can be scaled down with lithography.
- He was one of the first to use lithography in his artwork.
- The paper begun with phototypesetting and direct lithography in 1977.
- By the 1830s, the aquatint process was largely superseded by lithography.
- In the late 1880s offset lithography was used to print designs on tinplate.
- His knowledge of and skill in lithography stimulated interest in the craft.
- In consequence, it was sold as a platemaker to the offset lithography market.
- He was a painter who was involved in the development of lithography in France.
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