Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process of reproducing graphic material by transferring the image photographically to a plate or another surface, which is then etched for printing.
- noun A plate prepared by this process.
- noun A reproduction made by this process.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A process of transferring a
photographic image onto aplate which is thenetched andprinted - noun countable A plate or
reproduction made using this process - verb Present participle of
photoengrave .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A photoengraving plant the British loaned him printed phony identification documents for agents.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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A photoengraving plant the British loaned him printed phony identification documents for agents.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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An even better idea was halftone photoengraving, introduced by Frederic Ives six years later, which made any manual process obsolete, and doomed Kaolatype, and led indirectly to the lithographic dynasty of another Ives, James, and his partner Nathaniel Currier.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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An even better idea was halftone photoengraving, introduced by Frederic Ives six years later, which made any manual process obsolete, and doomed Kaolatype, and led indirectly to the lithographic dynasty of another Ives, James, and his partner Nathaniel Currier.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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The pioneer photographer had gone home to America to work in the photoengraving business, but before long he was embarked on a battle to make the “craft” of photography accepted as a tool of artistic expression.
Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986
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He put up the money for him to open a photoengraving shop with two partners.
Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986
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After a few years, Alfred withdrew from the photoengraving business, which was not a commercial success.
Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986
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There is no well organized system for training apprentices in photoengraving, stereotyping, and electrotyping, or in any of the lithographic trades, except that of poster artist, in which an efficient and strictly regulated system of apprenticeship is maintained.
Wage Earning and Education Rufus Rolla Lutz
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Average daily earnings in photoengraving, stereotyping, electrotyping, and lithographing occupations, 1915 205
Wage Earning and Education Rufus Rolla Lutz
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Other departments of the printing industry are photoengraving, stereotyping, electrotyping, and lithographing.
Wage Earning and Education Rufus Rolla Lutz
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