rotogravure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
  2. A print made by such a method.

Word forms

rotogravure rotogravures

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.

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