Definition of Heliogravure

1. Noun. An intaglio print produced by gravure.

Exact synonyms: Gravure, Photogravure
Generic synonyms: Print

Definition of Heliogravure

1. n. The process of photographic engraving.

2. n. A plate or picture made by the process of heliogravure.

Definition of Heliogravure

1. Noun. The process of photographic engraving. ¹

2. Noun. An engraving of this kind. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Heliogravure

1. The process of photographic engraving. Origin: F. Heliogravure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliogravure

heliodon
heliodons
heliodor
heliodors
helioelectric
heliogram
heliograms
heliograph
heliographed
heliographer
heliographers
heliographic
heliographing
heliographs
heliography
heliogravure (current term)
heliogravures
heliolater
heliolaters
heliolatitude
heliolatitudes
heliolatries
heliolatrous
heliolatry
heliolite
heliolites
heliolithic
heliology
heliomagnetic
heliomagnetism

Literary usage of Heliogravure

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

1. The American Amateur Photographer (1895)
"METHOD OF heliogravure, A—Take a walnut board of the size of the photographic plate, fasten to this a thin sheet of copper, and have this made perfectly ..."

2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1896)
"Trials of the heliogravure process and of direct carbon printing were made before adopting the gelatine process (which is much less expensive than either of ..."

3. Drawing & Engraving: A Brief Exposition of Technical Principles & Practice by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1892)
"150 St. Cloud, Turnerian Topography (Pen Sketch by the Author after Turner, heliogravure by P. Dujardin) . . .162 St. Cloud from the River, ..."

4. French Engravers and Draughtsmen of the XVIIIth Century by Emilia Francis Strong Dilke (1902)
"heliogravure 139 44. MOREAU, JEAN-MICHEL. Leaves from a Sketch-Book (Musée du Louvre) de Rousseau ... heliogravure 147 This drawing shows the Triumphal Arch ..."

5. English Book-illustration of To-day: Appreciations of the Work of Living by Sketchley, Rose Esther Dorothea, 1875- (1903)
"10 fp, heliogravure. The River Tweed from Its Source to the Sea. Fol. ... 2 heliogravure plates. The River Clyde. Fol. (Royal Association for the Promotion ..."

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