chromolithography
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chro·mo·li·thog·ra·phy
(krō′mə-lĭ-thŏg′rə-fē)n.
The art or process of printing color pictures from a series of stone or zinc plates by lithography.
chro′mo·li·thog′ra·pher n.
chro′mo·lith′o·graph′ic (-lĭth′ə-grăf′ĭk) adj.
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chromolithography
(ˌkrəʊməʊlɪˈθɒɡrəfɪ)n
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the process of making coloured prints by lithography
ˌchromoliˈthographer n
chromolithographic adj
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chro•mo•li•thog•ra•phy
(ˌkroʊ moʊ lɪˈθɒg rə fi)n.
the process of lithographing in colors from a series of plates or stones.
[1830–40]
chro`mo•li•thog′ra•pher, n.
chro`mo•lith`o•graph′ic (-əˈgræf ɪk) adj.
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chromolithography
a printing process by which colored lithographs are produced by a series of stone or zinc plates, each of which carries different portions of the picture to be printed, inked in different colors.
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Noun | 1. | chromolithography - single- or multi-color lithography lithography - a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface |
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