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planography

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A form of printing from a flat surface, as opposed to a raised or incised one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: media, printing, publishing

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: lithography, offset printing

2

noun

Meaning 2

Medical tomography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: planographic printing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: printing, printing process

Narrower terms: collotype, collotype printing, photogelatin process, lithography

History

Etymology

From plano- + -graphy.