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PRINTING PROCESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
Synonyms:
printing; printing process
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("printing process" is a kind of...):
writing (letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language)
Domain member category:
underlay (raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type)
kern (remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters))
kern (furnish with a kern)
live (in current use or ready for use)
justified (having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins)
leaded (having thin strips of lead between the lines of type)
unleaded (not having leads between the lines)
superior; superscript (written or printed above and to one side of another character)
inferior; subscript (written or printed below and to one side of another character)
adscript (written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it)
white out (widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads)
word processing (rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing)
serif; seriph (a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character)
descender ((printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters)
ascender ((printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters)
proof; test copy; trial impression ((printing) an impression made to check for errors)
impression; printing (all the copies of a work printed at one time)
quad; space ((printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences)
hair space ((printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters)
printing (the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "printing process"):
composition; typography (art and technique of printing with movable type)
letterpress; relief printing (printing from a plate with raised characters)
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)
process printing (a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates)
planographic printing; planography (the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent))
offset; offset printing (a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper)
carbon process (a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment)
