printing

  • 11printing — /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.… …

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  • 12printing — 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 …

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  • 13Printing — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Printing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 printing printing Sgm: N 1 block printing block printing type printing Sgm: N 1 plate printing plate printing &c.???engraving ???>558 Sgm: N 1 the press the press… …

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  • 14printing */*/ — UK [ˈprɪntɪŋ] / US noun Word forms printing : singular printing plural printings 1) a) [uncountable] the process of making books, newspapers etc, using a printing press to put words and pictures onto paper b) [only before noun] relating to… …

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  • 15printing — print|ing [ˈprıntıŋ] n 1.) [U] the act or process of making a book, magazine, etc using a machine that puts ink onto paper ▪ the invention of printing ▪ the printing industry ▪ a printing error 2.) an act of printing a number of copies of a book… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16printing — print|ing [ prıntıŋ ] noun ** 1. ) uncount the process of making books, newspapers, etc., using a PRINTING PRESS to put words and pictures onto paper a ) only before noun relating to printing: the printing trade/industry new printing processes 2 …

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  • 17printing — lith·o·printing; non·printing; pho·to·printing; printing; xe·ro·printing; …

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  • 18printing — noun 1 (U) the act or process of making a book, magazine, etc by pressing or copying letters or photographs onto paper: the invention of printing | a printing error 2 (C) an act of printing a number of copies of a book: the third printing …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19Printing —    The new art of mechanical production of books with mov able type emerged in northern Europe, probably at Mainz in western Germany, by the early 1450s. Its immediate and obvious effects were two: it greatly increased the supply of books and… …

    Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

  • 20printing — noun Printing is used before these nouns: ↑capability, ↑ink, ↑press Printing is used after these nouns: ↑colour …

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