The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. An intaglio printing process in which letters and pictures are transferred from an etched copper cylinder to a web of paper, plastic, or similar material in a rotary press.
n. Printed material, such as a newspaper section, produced by this process.
n. A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
n. A print made by such a method.
n. A portion of a printed work produced by this method.
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n. printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
n. using photography to produce a plate for printing
n. printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
Word Usage
"“The real strength of the Sabin organization,” said Time, “lies in the desire of the small-town matron to ally herself, no matter how remotely, with a congregation of bona fide, rotogravure society figures.”"