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ROTOGRAVURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Using photography to produce a plate for printing
Synonyms:
photogravure; rotogravure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rotogravure" is a kind of...):
gravure (the act of intaglio printing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rotogravure" is a kind of...):
photojournalism (journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures)
Holonyms ("rotogravure" is a part of...):
newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rotogravure" is a kind of...):
photogravure (printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods)
