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rotogravure

ro·tog·ra·vure

uncommon

noun

1.

printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press

2.
3.

using photography to produce a plate for printing

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Origin

From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur.

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