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Anaglyptography

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; used in representing coins, bas reliefs, maps etc. uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάγλυπτος (anágluptos, “embossed”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing, drawing”)

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