Photogravure

[,fәutәugrә'vjuә]

(noun.) using photography to produce a plate for printing.

(noun.) printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods.

Edited by Blair--From WordNet

(n.) A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.

Typist: Martha

n. a method of producing by means of photography and the action of acids on a sensitised surface a kind of mezzo-engraving on metal.

Editor: Sharon