printing
1Printing — is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing.HistoryWoodblock… …
2Printing — Print ing, n. The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing… …
3printing — print‧ing [ˈprɪntɪŋ] noun COMMERCE 1. [uncountable] the work of producing books, newspapers etc on a machine that puts words, numbers, pictures etc onto the surface of paper: • Thomson is a printing and publishing concern. • The firm has access… …
4Printing — Printing arrived in the late 15th century. Thomas van der Noot published several works from 1508 to 1520. Following the city s designation as capital (1531) the need to publish official documents encouraged printing operations. In 1557, Michel …
5Printing in — Print ing in (Photog.) A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introduced into a photograph. Portions, such as the sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reserved is filled in by… …
6printing — [pʀintiŋ] n. m. ÉTYM. 1932; angl. printing « impression, imprimerie », de to print « imprimer ». ❖ ♦ Anglic. Techn. Appareil de transmission télégraphique permettant la frappe directe des dépêches dans les récepteurs des agences de presse,… …
7printing — index publication (printed matter), script Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8printing — *edition, impression, reprinting, reissue …
9printing — ► NOUN 1) the production of books, newspapers, etc. 2) a single impression of a book. 3) handwriting in which the letters are written separately …
10printing — [print′iŋ] n. 1. the act of a person or thing that prints 2. the production of printed matter 3. the art of a printer 4. something printed; esp., a reprint, revision, or edition, as of a book 5. IMPRESSION (sense 7c) 6. written let …
