Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The process of reproducing, reprinting, or copying graphic material especially by mechanical, photographic, or electronic means.

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  • noun the reproduction, reprinting and copying of graphics, especially using electromechanical or photographic methods

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[repro(duction) + –graphy.]

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repro- + -graphy

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Examples

  • But the reprography industry--which specializes in printing architectural and engineering documents, aerial maps and even some billboard graphics--lives on.

    The Business Of Big Prints 2006

  • Still, it's unlikely that reprography will ever be a big part of HP's wide format strategy: Most architectural drawings and plans are line-based and therefore do not use much ink or toner, the lifeblood of all printing company revenue.

    The Business Of Big Prints 2006

  • And Océ has a much bigger stake in reprography than both companies.

    The Business Of Big Prints 2006

  • After all, Xerox is the company's leading black-and-white reprography competitor.

    The Business Of Big Prints 2006

  • * Lead halide as radiant agent in high density discharge lamps for professional reprography applications.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • * Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1% lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphorus and when used as specialty lamps for diazo printing reprography, lithography, insect traps, photochemical and curling processes.,

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Lead halide as radiant agent in high density discharge lamps for professional reprography applications.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • While both sides will no doubt claim some element of victory, the Copyright Board's decision today in the K-12 reprography matter is bad news for Canadian educators, librarians, students, and taxpayers.

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

  • He also objects to words that have been coined on the basis of a false analysis of their morphemes (meaningful elements), like workaholic, breathalyzer, and reprography.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 3 1986

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