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Rotogravure

noun

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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

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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