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rotogravure

noun

  1. printing process
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noun

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.

  1. A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
  2. 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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