Meaning Of The Word Lithography

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Lithography Meaning

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lithography
uncountable noun: Lithography is a method of printing in which a piece of stone or metal is specially treated so that ink sticks to some parts of it and not to others.

lithography in American English
the art or process of printing from a flat stone or metal plate by a method based on the repulsion between grease and water: the design is put on the surface with a greasy material, and then water and printing ink are successively applied; the greasy part
noun: the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing

lithography in British English
noun: a method of printing from a metal or stone surface on which the printing areas are not raised but made ink-receptive while the non-image areas are made ink-repellent

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