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noun
A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A print made by such a method.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
using photography to produce a plate for printing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: photogravure
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Broader terms: gravure
noun
printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: photojournalism
noun
printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: photogravure
History
From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur.
