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transfer-printing

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The process of making an impression on transfer-paper.
  • noun Printing from a stone that has been prepared with a transfer.
  • noun In ceramics, a common method of decorating the surface of fine earthenware used for table-service, etc.

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Examples

  • Mordants were also used to apply gold or other leaf to ceramic, and the same pouncing technique was the basis for transfer-printing engraved designs onto enameled boxes and ceramic bodies. 42

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • Arrays of tiny silicon solar cells like the one in this photograph are assembled using a transfer-printing technique.

    Technology Review RSS Feeds 2008

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