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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Printing underneath the main design of a stamp, intended to prevent forgery or removal of the postmark.
2. 2
   a logo or advertising printed on the underside of a stamp; backprint.
3. 3
   A fossilised print in the rock bed that is at a deeper level than the track the creature leaving it was actually travelling on; caused by the pressure of a heavy animal or penetration of the sediment by a pointed appendage.

Adjective

1. 1
   The addition of colour under black areas to produce a deeper black and prevent oversaturation of the paper.

Etymology

From under- + print.

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