INTAGLIO PRINTING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

gravure; intaglio; intaglio printing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("intaglio printing" is a kind of...):

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intaglio printing"):

photogravure (printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods)

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