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Definition of Gravure

1. Noun. A printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print.

2. Noun. A printing plate used in the process of gravure.

3. Noun. An intaglio print produced by gravure.

4. Noun. The act of intaglio printing.

Definition of Gravure

1. Noun. (arts printing) A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gravure

1. a printing process [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravure

gravity meter gravity meters gravity perception gravity slingshot gravity wave gravity wind gravityless gravlaks gravlax gravlaxes

gravo- gravo-acute accent gravogyro gravothermal gravs gravure (current term) gravures gravy gravy-eyed gravy boat

gravy boats gravy holder gravy train gravy trains gravyless gravylike grawlix grawlixes gray-collar gray-haired

Literary usage of Gravure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Abbreviations and Technical Terms Used in Book Catalogs and Bibliographies by Frank Keller Walter (1912)
"binding colored to resemble granite. gravure sur acier. (e. ... See lettre grise. guillemets. quotation marks. H habillage. See gravure ..."

2. The Print Collector: An Introduction to the Knowledge Necessary for Forming by Joseph Maberly, Theodore Henry Fielding (1880)
"Manuel de Graveure, on harté complet de l'art de la gravure en tous genres ... gravure anterieure à la plus ancienne connue jusqu'ici et qui vient d'être ..."

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