| 单词 |
photo-engraving |
| 释义 |
ˌphoto-enˈgraving
[f. photo- + engraving.]
A common name for processes in which, by the action of photography, a matrix is obtained from which prints in ink can be taken; also, a print or engraving so made. (Usually restricted to those cases in which the matrix is in relief, as distinguished from photogravure, in which it is usually in intaglio.) Also attrib. So photo-enˈgrave v. trans.; photo-enˈgraver, one who practises photo-engraving.
1872Nature 8 Feb. v. 285/2 Some results of early photo⁓engraving. 1881Times 4 Jan. 3/6 The very first true photographic process discovered by Niépce..is again practised for photo-engraving. 1881Athenæum 19 Mar. 401/3 A photo-engraving..enlarged from a photograph.., which is a fine example of photo-engraving. 1889MacKellar's Amer. Printer (ed. 17) 37 Three distinct methods of photo-engraving are employed in the United States; namely, swelled gelatine, photo-etching, and wash-out. 1892Woodbury Encycl. Phot. 506 Producing photo-engraved plates by the bitumen process. 1902Daily Chron. 24 Mar. 3/4 Her drawings should give the photo-engraver no trouble. |
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