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lichtdrucks

lichtdrucks is the plural of lichtdruck.

Meaning of lichtdruck

Noun

lichtdruck (countable and uncountable, plural lichtdrucks)

  1. (uncountable) A historical photomechanical printing process that was widely used for high-quality reproductions of photographs, artworks, and documents.
    • Although M. Tessié du Motay et Marécha, of Metz, were undoubtedly the first to produce presentable halftone prints from a colloid film, Germany has since been pre-eminently to the fore in Lichtdruck printing.1877 May 11, “LICHTDRUCK IN GERMANY”, in the Photographic News, volume XXI, number 975, page 223
  2. (countable) An image produced by this process.

Questions about lichtdrucks

What is lichtdrucks the plural of?
Lichtdrucks is the plural of lichtdruck.

Words near lichtdrucks in the dictionary

  1. lichnoxanthin
  2. lichnoxanthine
  3. lichnoxanthines
  4. lichs
  5. lichtdruck
  6. lichtdrucks
  7. Lichtenbach
  8. Lichtenberg
  9. Lichtenberg figure
  10. Lichtenberg figures
  11. Lichtenberg pattern

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