photoengraving

[ foh-toh-en-grey-ving ]

noun

1. a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
2. a plate so produced.
3. a print made from it.

photoengraving

/ ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ /

noun

1. a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates
2. a plate made by this process
3. a print made from such a plate

Word History and Origins

Origin of photoengraving¹

First recorded in 1870–75; photo- + engraving

Example Sentences

Other departments of the printing industry are photoengraving, stereotyping, electrotyping, and lithographing.

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That was the photoengraving place that you talked about, wasn't it, in your testimony?

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There are about 100 men in the city engaged in the different processes of photoengraving.

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Blocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.

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