rotogravure

Noun

printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
using photography to produce a plate for printing
A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
A print made by such a method.
A portion of a printed work produced by this method.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

photogravure

Scrabble Score: 15

rotogravure is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 18

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