Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process of engraving zinc printing plates.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of producing on zinc a printing surface in relief by etching with dilute acid the unprotected parts of the plate. Compare
paniconography .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
lithographic method of producingengravings usingzinc plates
Etymologies
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Examples
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I had to give the magistrate a little lecture on photo-zincography, and the poor man declared the case was so complicated he must adjourn it for another week.
The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) Stuart Dodgson Collingwood 1903
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Julius Vogel relating to the Introduction of the Use of Photo-zincography into the Government Printing Department 1871, AJHR G. 27.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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In 1871, Julius Vogel reported for the Government Printing Department on 'photo-zincography', the technique of photolithography on zinc plates (Information obtained ...,
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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