Definition of Planography

1. Noun. The process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent).

Exact synonyms: Planographic Printing
Generic synonyms: Printing, Printing Process
Specialized synonyms: Collotype, Collotype Printing, Photogelatin Process, Lithography
Derivative terms: Planographic

Definition of Planography

1. [n -PHIES]

Medical Definition of Planography

1. The recording of internal body images at a predetermined plane by means of the tomograph, also called body section roentgenography. Origin: Gr. Graphein = to write This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Planography

plano-
plano-convex
planoblast
planoblasts
planocellular
planoconcave
planoconical
planoconvex
planogram
planogrammed
planogramming
planograms
planographic
planographic printing
planographies
planography (current term)
planomania
planometer
planometers
planometry
planorbis
planorbises
planoscopic eyepiece
planosol
planosols
planotopokinesia
planovalgus
plans
plans on

Literary usage of Planography

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

1. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1872)
"A method of representing the cuttings and fillings upon the plan,devised by Sir John Macneill, has been named ' Sectio-planography." Usually the plan and ..."

2. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1872)
"A method of representing the cuttings and fillings upon the plan,devised by Sir John Macneill, has been named ' Sectio-planography." Usually the plan and ..."

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