- planography
- pla·nog·ra·phy
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planography
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planography — [plə näg′rə fē, plānäg′rə fē] n. [ PLANO + GRAPHY] any method of printing from a flat surface, as lithography … English World dictionary
planography — noun Date: circa 1909 a process (as lithography) for printing from a plane surface • planographic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
planography — planographic /play neuh graf ik, plan euh /, adj. planographically, adv. /pleuh nog reuh fee/, n. Print. the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset. Also called surface printing. [1840 50; PLANO 1 + GRAPHY] * * *… … Universalium
planography — SYN: tomography … Medical dictionary
planography — A process for printing from a smooth surface. Lithography and offset are both planographic printing processes … Glossary of Art Terms
planography — pla•nog•ra•phy [[t]pləˈnɒg rə fi[/t]] n. pri the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset • Etymology: 1840–50 pla•no•graph•ic ˌpleɪ nəˈgræf ɪk, ˌplæn ə adj. pla no•graph′i•cal•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
planography — /pləˈnɒgrəfi/ (say pluh nogruhfee) noun one of the basic printing processes in which the printing areas are in the same plane as the non printing areas. The areas to print are ink attracting and the remaining areas are ink repellent …
planography — n. printing from flat surface. ♦ planometry, n. gauging of plane surface … Dictionary of difficult words
planography — noun the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink receptive (as opposed to ink repellent) • Syn: ↑planographic printing • Derivationally related forms: ↑planographic • Hypernyms: ↑printing,… … Useful english dictionary
planograph — I. ˈplānəˌgraf, rȧf transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: back formation, from planography : to print by planography a planographed pamphlet II. noun … Useful english dictionary
