printing from engraved plate (noun)

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• plate-printing — plateˈ printˈing noun The process of printing from engraved plates • • • Main Entry: ↑plate …   Useful english dictionary

• plate printing — noun : printing from engraved steel or copper plates …   Useful english dictionary

• plate press — noun : a press with a flat carriage and a roller used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates …   Useful english dictionary

• plate paper — noun : a soft paper with a smooth dull finish used for printing fine line hand engraved plates and woodcuts * * * plate paper, 1. a heavy, spongy, unsized paper with a smooth, dull finish, used for taking impressions from engraved plates. 2. a… …   Useful english dictionary

• plate — I. /pleɪt / (say playt) noun 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, now usually of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. a service of food for one person at the table. 3. an entire course: a cold plate. 4. a plate of sandwiches,… …  

• cop|per|plate — «KOP uhr PLAYT», noun. 1. a thin, flat piece of copper on which a design, writing, or the like, is engraved or etched. 2. an engraving, picture, or print made from a copperplate. 3. the copperplate printing or engraving process. 4. Often,… …   Useful english dictionary

• proof — noun 1》 evidence establishing a fact or the truth of a statement.     ↘Law the evidence in a trial.     ↘the proving of the truth of a statement.     ↘a series of stages in the resolution of a mathematical or philosophical problem. 2》 a test or… …   English new terms dictionary

• line engraving — noun a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving …   Wiktionary

• engrave — transitive verb (engraved; engraving) Etymology: Middle French engraver, from en + graver to grave, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English grafan to grave Date: 1509 1. a. to impress deeply as if with a graver < the incident was engraved in his… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• impression — /ɪmˈprɛʃən / (say im preshuhn) noun 1. a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, or conscience. 2. the first and immediate effect upon the mind in outward or inward perception; sensation. 3. the effect produced by an agency or… …  

• gly|phog|ra|phy — «glih FOG ruh fee», noun. an electrotype process by which a plate with a raised surface suitable for printing is made from an engraved plate. ╂[< Greek glyph carving + English graphy] …   Useful english dictionary