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aquatone

aquatone noun: an offset printing method using a gelatin-coated zinc plate to print type, line illustrations, and fine-screen halftones.

Noun

aquatone (countable and uncountable, plural aquatones)

  1. An offset printing method using a gelatin-coated zinc plate to print type, line illustrations, and fine-screen halftones.
  2. A print produced by this method.

Forms of aquatone

pluralaquatones

Origin of aquatone

From Latin aqua (“water”) + tone.

Questions about aquatone

What does aquatone mean?
Aquatone means an offset printing method using a gelatin-coated zinc plate to print type, line illustrations, and fine-screen halftones.
What part of speech is aquatone?
Aquatone is a noun.
What is the plural of aquatone?
The plural of aquatone is aquatones.

Words near aquatone in the dictionary

  1. aquatintists
  2. aquatints
  3. aquation
  4. aquations
  5. aquativeness
  6. aquatone
  7. aquatones
  8. aquatorium
  9. aquatourism
  10. aquatrained
  11. aquatraining

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