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rotogravure

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Definition of rotogravure

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
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noun

  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.”
    “On the desk before her lay the rotogravure section of the Sunday Chronicle.”

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Etymology

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.

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