Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or involving any of various methods by which plates are prepared for printing by means of photography.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or consisting in the mechanical production of pictures by the aid of light, as in photoengraving, photolithography, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or relating to any of several methods of
printing via aplate which has been preparedphotographically , and can contain bothtext andimages
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing
Etymologies
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Examples
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A colotype, on the other hand, is a photomechanical reproduction of a work of art, such as a poster.
Daniel Grant: What's the Value of a Signature on an Art Print? Daniel Grant 2011
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[ "Official program — Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913/Dale."] 1 photomechanical print: color.
'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S. 2008
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The latest in lasers are Q-switched Nd: YAG system as the Spectra VRM III, which removes photomechanical pigmented lesions.
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A notice embodied in the copies by a photomechanical or electronic process so that it ordinarily would appear whenever the work is performed in its entirety may be located:
Supplementary Copyright Statutes, US Copy. Office Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Rosalyn Drexler at the opening, in front of her painting Home Movies, 1963, oil and synthetic polymer with photomechanical, reproductions on canvas,
theartblog libby 2010
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Rosalyn Drexler at the opening, in front of her painting Home Movies, 1963, oil and synthetic polymer with photomechanical, reproductions on canvas,
theartblog 2010
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DETROIT PUBLISHING COMPANY [detr] -- about 28,200 glass negatives, glass transparencies, and color photomechanical prints.
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Soriano set out in this industry at the age of 16 in a photomechanical shop and this experience led him years later to set up Estudios Durero.
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Next, the reflective form was photographed on a Brightype camera to create a photomechanical master.
doggdot.us 2008
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Next, the reflective form was photographed on a Brightype camera to create a photomechanical master.
AIGA: Voice: AIGA Journal of Design Paul Shaw 2008
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