Look up: lithography

1. Lithography
   By far the most common type of commercial printing. See our detailed description of Offset Lithography. With diagrams!
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2. lithography
   [n] - a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface 2. [n] - the act of making a lithographic print
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3. Lithography
   Method of printing using plates whose image areas attract ink and whose non-image areas repel ink. Non-image areas may be coated with water to repel the oily ink or may have a surface, such as silicon, that repels ink.
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4. lithography
   Printmaking technique invented in 1798 by Aloys Senefelder, based on the mutual repulsion of grease and water. A drawing is made with greasy crayon on an absorbent stone, which is then...
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5. Lithography
   A process of obtaining prints from a stone or metal surface so treated that what is to be printed can be inked but the remaining areas reject the ink
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6. Lithography
   The process in semiconductor manufacturing in which chip designs are projected onto silicon wafers.
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7. Lithography
   A printing process in which an inked image is transferred from a plate onto a blanket cylinder and then onto paper. It is based on the principle of the natural aversion of water to grease. The image to be lithographed is created on the plate with greasy material that repels water. Water is run over ...
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8. lithography
   The transfer of a pattern or image from one medium to another, as from a mask to a wafer.
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9. Lithography
   A printing process based on the antipathy of grease and water. The image is applied to a grained surface (traditionally stone but now usually aluminium) using a greasy medium: greasy ink (tusche), crayon, pencils, lacquer, or synthetic materials. Photochemical or transfer processes can be used. A so...
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10. Lithography
    chemical process whereby a silicon wafer receives a certain pattern Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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11. lithography
    A printing process in which an image is drawn on a stone or metal surface with a greasy crayon. When water and then ink are poured over the surface the crayonned areas repel the water but retain the ink. These areas transfer to paper, metal, and other surfaces when printed under pressure.
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12. Lithography
    Method of printing using a chemically-coated plate whose image areas attract ink and whose non-image areas repel ink.
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13. Lithography
    Li·thog'ra·phy noun [ Confer French lithographie .] The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between gre...
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14. lithography
    The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone n...
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15. lithography
    noun the act of making a lithographic print
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16. lithography
    noun a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
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17. Lithography
    • (n.) The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of...
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18. lithography
    planographic printing process that makes use of the immiscibility of grease and water.[8 related articles]
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19. lithography
    lithography Related 'writing' word units: glypto-; gram-; scrib-, script-.
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20. lithography
    lithography, lithograph, lithographic 1. A description of stones or rocks. 2. The art of engraving on precious stones. 3. The art or process of making a drawing, design, or writing on a special kind of stone (called lithographic stone), so that impressions in ink can be taken from it. Also, a planog...
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21. Lithography
    A printing method in which the printing and non-printing areas exist on the same plane, as opposed to a bi-leveled reproduction.
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22. Lithography
    In the graphic arts, a method of printing from a prepared flat stone, metal or plastic plate, invented in the late eighteenth century. A drawing is made on the stone or plate with a greasy crayon or tusche, and then washed with water. When ink is applied it sticks to the greasy drawing but runs off ...
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23. Lithography
    Method of printing using a chemically-coated plate whose image areas attract ink and whose non-image areas repel ink.
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24. lithography
    lithography (lithog'rufē) , type of planographic or surface printing. It is distinguished from letterpress (relief) printing and from intaglio printing (in which the design is cut or etched into the plate). Lithography is used both as an art process and as a commercial printing process. In...
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25. Lithography
    Lithography is the art of drawing upon and printing from stone. The facility with which this is accomplished arises from the antagonistic qualities of grease and water. The processes of the art depend on the adhesion to a grained or polished stone of a certain greasy composition which forms the line...
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