photolithograph

[ foh-tuh-lith-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. Also pho·to·lith·o·print [] a lithograph printed from a stone or the like upon which a picture or design has been formed by photography.

verb (used with object)

1. to make a photolithograph of.

photolithograph

/ -ˌɡræf; ˌfəʊtəʊˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf /

noun

1. a picture printed by photolithography

verb

1. tr to reproduce (pictures, text, etc) by photolithography

Word History and Origins

Origin of photolithograph¹

First recorded in 1850–55; photo- + lithograph

Example Sentences

The works, by a broad range of artists, include a 3-D print as well as a painting, photolithograph and photographs.

From Washington Post

A "digest cross-reference" is a cross-reference formed from abstracts or extracts from a patent consisting of illustration and text cut from a photolithograph of a patent and mounted.

From Project Gutenberg