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PLANOGRAPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)
Synonyms:
planographic printing; planography
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("planography" is a kind of...):
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "planography"):
collotype; collotype printing; photogelatin process (a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors)
lithography (a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface)
Derivation:
planographic (of or relating to or involving planography)
