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chromolithography

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chro·mo·li·thog·ra·phy  (krm-l-thgr-f)
n.
The art or process of printing color pictures from a series of stone or zinc plates by lithography.
chromo·li·thogra·pher n.
chromo·litho·graphic (-lth-grfk) adj.
chromolithography
a printing process by which colored lithographs are produced by a series of stone or zinc plates, each of which carries different portions of the picture to be printed, inked in different colors.
See also: Printing
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Noun1.chromolithography - single- or multi-color lithography
lithography - a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface


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