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zincography
[ zing-kog-ruh-fee ]
noun
- the art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.
zincography
/ zɪŋˈkɒɡrəfɪ; ˌzɪŋkəˈɡræfɪk /
noun
- the art or process of etching on zinc to form a printing plate
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Derived Forms
- zinˈcographer, noun
- zincographic, adjective
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Other Words From
- zin·cogra·pher noun
- zin·co·graph·ic [zing-k, uh, -, graf, -ik], zinco·graphi·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of zincography1
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Example Sentences
Zinc′ograph, a plate or picture produced by zincography; Zincog′rapher, one who makes zincographic plates.
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The processes of zincography and of algraphy (aluminium printing) are essentially the same as lithography.
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Zincography is an adaptation of the same principle to plates of zinc.
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