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rotogravure

rotogravure noun: a printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.

Noun

rotogravure (countable and uncountable, plural rotogravures)

  1. (uncountable) A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
  2. (countable) A print made by such a method.
    • On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.1933, Irving Berlin, Easter Parade
    • On the desk before her lay the rotogravure section of the Sunday Chronicle.1943, Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, Book 2: Chapter 5, page 248

Forms of rotogravure

pluralrotogravures

Origin of rotogravure

From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur.

Words formed from rotogravure

Questions about rotogravure

What does rotogravure mean?
Rotogravure means a printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
What part of speech is rotogravure?
Rotogravure is a noun.
What is the plural of rotogravure?
The plural of rotogravure is rotogravures.

Words near rotogravure in the dictionary

  1. rotogates
  2. rotograph
  3. rotographed
  4. rotographing
  5. rotographs
  6. rotogravure
  7. rotogravures
  8. rotogravurist
  9. rotogravurists
  10. rotoid
  11. rotoidal

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