Definition of photogravure Photogravure
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We found 8 definitions of photogravure from 5 different sources.
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What does photogravure mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: photogravures |
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| photogravure - printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods | ||
| intaglio printing, intaglio, gravure 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 | ||
| photogravure - using photography to produce a plate for printing | ||
| rotogravure | ||
| photogravure - an intaglio print produced by gravure | ||
| gravure, heliogravure | ||
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Wiktionary 
- photogravure (Noun)
An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books. - photogravure (Noun)
A print so made.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- photogravure (n.)
A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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photogravure
fō′tō-grā-vūr, n. a method of producing by means of photography and the action of acids on a sensitised surface a kind of mezzo-engraving on metal. [Fr.,—Gr. phōs, light, Fr. gravure, engraving.]
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🔤- photogravure, noun, singular of photogravures.
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