ectypography
ectypography noun: a method of etching, invented in the 19th century, in which the design on the plate is produced in relief.
Noun
ectypography (uncountable)
Origin of ectypography
From Ancient Greek ἔκτυπος (éktupos, “relief”) + -graphy. Compare ectype.
Words that rhyme with ectypography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about ectypography
- What does ectypography mean?
- Ectypography means a method of etching, invented in the 19th century, in which the design on the plate is produced in relief.
- What part of speech is ectypography?
- Ectypography is a noun.
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