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anilox

anilox noun: a method used to provide a measured amount of ink to a flexo printing plate, involving a hard cylinder whose surface is covered in tiny cells that capture the ink.

Noun

anilox (uncountable)

  1. A method used to provide a measured amount of ink to a flexo printing plate, involving a hard cylinder whose surface is covered in tiny cells that capture the ink.

Origin of anilox

Former trade name, from aniline.

Questions about anilox

What does anilox mean?
Anilox means a method used to provide a measured amount of ink to a flexo printing plate, involving a hard cylinder whose surface is covered in tiny cells that capture the ink.
What part of speech is anilox?
Anilox is a noun.

Words near anilox in the dictionary

  1. anility
  2. anillin
  3. anilo
  4. anilopam
  5. anilophyll
  6. anilox
  7. anils
  8. anima
  9. anima mundi
  10. animable
  11. animacies

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