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anaglyptography

anaglyptography noun: the art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; used in representing coins, bas reliefs, maps etc.

anaglyptography: the art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised...
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Noun

anaglyptography (uncountable)

  1. The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; used in representing coins, bas reliefs, maps etc.

Origin of anaglyptography

From Ancient Greek ἀνάγλυπτος (anágluptos, “embossed”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing, drawing”)

Words that rhyme with anaglyptography

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Questions about anaglyptography

What does anaglyptography mean?
Anaglyptography means the art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; used in representing coins, bas reliefs, maps etc.
What part of speech is anaglyptography?
Anaglyptography is a noun.

Words near anaglyptography in the dictionary

  1. anaglyptas
  2. anaglyptic
  3. anaglyptics
  4. anaglyptograph
  5. anaglyptographic
  6. anaglyptography
  7. anagnorises
  8. anagnorisis
  9. anagnoristic
  10. anagnosasthenia
  11. anagnosasthenias

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