Rotogravure

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    using photography to produce a plate for printing wordnet
  3. 3
    A print made by such a method. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press wordnet
  5. 5
    A portion of a printed work produced by this method. countable, uncountable

    "On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure."

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  1. 6
    printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press wordnet

Synonyms

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albertypebook printingchromotypographychromotypychromoxylographycollotype

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"On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure."

Etymology

From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur.

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