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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A process of photo-engraving analogous to photolithography, but having the matrix formed on a plate of zinc instead of a lithographic stone; also, photo-etching executed on zinc. Also
photozincotypy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A process, analogous to photolithography, for reproducing photographed impressions transferred to zinc plate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A form of
photolithography using azinc plate
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A facsimile of the whole record was brought out some years ago by photozincography, and at the end of the eighteenth century an edition was printed in type specially cast to represent the contractions of the original manuscript.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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