printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… … Universalium
Collotype — This article is about the photographic process. For the printmaking process, see Collagraphy. Postcard with the theme of Alte Oper in Frankfurt am Main, about 1900. Collotype is a dichromate based photographic process invented by Alphonse… … Wikipedia
collotype — collotypic /kol euh tip ik/, adj. collotypy /kol euh tuy pee/, n. /kol euh tuyp /, n., v., collotyped, collotyping. n. Also called albertype, artotype, heliotype. 1. any photomechanical process of printing from a plate coated with gelatin. 2. the … Universalium
printing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Process of producing impressions Nouns 1. printing; typography, stereotype, electrotype; block printing; lithography, chromolithography, planography, collotype; offset, letterpress, gravure, rotogravure … English dictionary for students
collotype — /ˈkɒlətaɪp/ (say koluhtuyp) noun 1. Printing a process of high quality printing from a gelatine coating on a glass plate. 2. the plate. 3. a print made from it. {collo (combining form representing Greek kolla glue) + type} …
collotype — noun a) A dichromate based photographic process formerly used for large volume mechanical printing. b) An image produced by this process … Wiktionary
collotype — col·lo·type || kÉ’ləʊtaɪp n. type of color printing used for the finest facsimile reproductions of works of art … English contemporary dictionary
collotype — A photographic printing process in which a glass plate whose surface has been coated with gelatin carries the image to be reproduced. Also called a photogelatin process … Glossary of Art Terms
collotype — col•lo•type [[t]ˈkɒl əˌtaɪp[/t]] n. 1) pri any photomechanical process of printing from a plate coated with gelatin 2) pri the plate used for this 3) pri a print made from such a plate • Etymology: 1880–85; < Gk kóll(a) glue + o + type col… … From formal English to slang
collotype — n. method of printing illustrations from hardened gelatin film … Dictionary of difficult words