Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or involving any of various methods by which plates are prepared for printing by means of photography.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to or consisting in the mechanical production of pictures by the aid of light, as in photoengraving, photolithography, etc.
Wiktionary
- adj. of or relating to any of several methods of printing via a plate which has been prepared photographically, and can contain both text and images
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing
Etymologies
- photo- + mechanical (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A colotype, on the other hand, is a photomechanical reproduction of a work of art, such as a poster.”
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“[ "Official program — Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913/Dale."] 1 photomechanical print: color.”
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“The latest in lasers are Q-switched Nd: YAG system as the Spectra VRM III, which removes photomechanical pigmented lesions.”
“A notice embodied in the copies by a photomechanical or electronic process so that it ordinarily would appear whenever the work is performed in its entirety may be located:”
“Rosalyn Drexler at the opening, in front of her painting Home Movies, 1963, oil and synthetic polymer with photomechanical, reproductions on canvas,”
“Next, the reflective form was photographed on a Brightype camera to create a photomechanical master.”
“DETROIT PUBLISHING COMPANY [detr] -- about 28,200 glass negatives, glass transparencies, and color photomechanical prints.”
“Soriano set out in this industry at the age of 16 in a photomechanical shop and this experience led him years later to set up Estudios Durero.”
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Collected Words - List 2
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
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Printmaking Terms
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manicule, perfecting, lithography, relief, etching, serigraph, pantone, pms, edition, gum arabic, chine-collé, intaglio and 78 more...
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