photogravure

pho·to·gra·vure  (ft-gr-vyr)

n.

The process of printing from an intaglio plate, etched according to a photographic image.

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photogravure

Noun

a process in which an etched metal plate for printing is produced by photography [photo- + French gravure engraving]

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photogravure

1. a form of photoengraving in which the photograph is reproduced on an intaglio surface and then transferred to paper.
2. the photograph produced by this process.

See also: Photography

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1. a form of photoengraving in which the photograph is reproduced on an intaglio surface and then transferred to paper.
2. the photograph produced by this process.

See also: Engraving

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	photogravure - printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods gravure, intaglio, intaglio printing - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print rotogravure - printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
	2.	photogravure - an intaglio print produced by gravure heliogravure, gravure print - a picture or design printed from an engraving
	3.	photogravure - using photography to produce a plate for printing rotogravure gravure - the act of intaglio printing