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INTAGLIO PRINTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
Synonyms:
gravure; intaglio; intaglio printing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("intaglio printing" 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 "intaglio printing"):
photogravure (printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods)
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