algraphyn.
/ˈalɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˈælɡrəfi/ A printing process similar to lithography, in which aluminium plates are used instead of stones.
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1897 Daily News 15 Sept. 6/3 The Mid-September issue of ‘The Studio’ will contain particulars of a recently discovered substitute for lithography, known as ‘Algraphy’.
1909 Workshop Receipts (new ed.) III. 91/1 There is every probability of Algraphy having a considerable future, and it is already having the favour of some of our largest publishers issuing coloured plates.
1914 E. H. Richter Prints 10 Plates of metal are often substituted for stone (zincography, algraphy).
2005 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 3 May (Features section) 11 The complex, time-absorbing technique known as ‘algraphy’ results in images as fluid as watercolors.
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alˈgraphic adj. now rare of, relating to, or used in algraphy.
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1898 Process Photogram & Illustrator Aug. 119 The first beginnings and trials to make aluminium, or, as it is called, algraphic printing, useful in the art of lithography.
1909 Workshop Receipts (new ed.) III. 91/1 The chief advantage possessed by the Algraphic plate is its extreme portability.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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