a method of rotary letterpress printing using a resilient printing plate and solvent-based ink: used characteristically for printing on metal foil or plastic
2.
matter printed by this method
Abbreviation: flexo
Derived forms
flexographic (ˌflɛksəˈɡræfɪk)
adjective
flexographically (ˌflexoˈgraphically)
adverb
flexography in American English
(flekˈsɑɡrəfi)
noun
Printing
a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks
Also called: flexographic printing
Derived forms
flexographic (ˌfleksəˈɡræfɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[1950–55; flex1 or flex2 + -o- + -graphy]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, International Gothic, allograph, bleep, conflict of interest-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -graphy is a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing,recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process. Otherwords that use the affix -graphy include: biography, choreography, geography, orthography, photography