rotogravure

[ roh-tuh-gruh-vyoor, -grey-vyer ]

noun

1. a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
2. a print made by this process.
3. a section of a newspaper consisting of pages printed by the rotogravure process; magazine section.

rotogravure

/ ˌrəʊtəʊɡrəˈvjʊə /

noun

1. a printing process using a cylinder etched with many small recesses, from which ink is transferred to a moving web of paper, plastic, etc, in a rotary press
2. printed material produced in this way, esp magazines

Word History and Origins

Origin of rotogravure¹

1910–15; < German Rotogravur, originally in the name of a Berlin printing firm ( Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft ), allegedly formed from the names of two other firms, Rotophot and Deutshe Photogravur AG; photogravure, rotary

Word History and Origins

Origin of rotogravure¹

C20: from Latin rota wheel + gravure

Example Sentences

On Page 129, there is a rotogravure of an artwork depicting the Marquis de Nointel arriving in Jerusalem with great pomp and circumstance — the painting on the wall.

From New York Times

On the following Sunday, it took up the entire front page of The Post’s rotogravure section, a souvenir for readers.

From Washington Post

He appeared on the front cover of the Seattle Sunday Times color rotogravure Pictorial for Nov. 7, 1954.

From Seattle Times

I knew now why her face was familiar--its pleasing contemptuous expression had looked out at me from many rotogravure pictures of the sporting life at Asheville and Hot Springs and Palm Beach.

From Literature

Back then, it was the telephone, high-speed rotary presses, stereotyping, typesetting machines, color presses, rotogravure and the electric-telegraphic typewriter.

From Forbes

Related Words

• etching
• illustration
• inscription
• lithograph
• woodcut