单词 | lithography |
释义 | lithography From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Painting and drawinglithographyli‧thog‧ra‧phy /lɪˈθɒɡrəfi $ lɪˈθɑː-/ noun [uncountable]AVPa method of printing in which a pattern is cut into stone or metal so that ink sticks to some parts of it and not others —lithographic /ˌlɪθəˈɡræfɪk◂/ adjectiveExamples from the Corpuslithography• Several chapters cover the basics of clean room technology, e.g., lithography, etching and layer deposition techniques.• Where the technique of etching fell woefully short, he discovered, the art of lithography excelled.• It was therefore left to Lear to realise the full potential of lithography, and to revolutionise bird illustration in the process.• This year Minton also began to practise lithography.• As a means of reproducing plates in illustrated texts, lithography had not been in use for even a decade.Origin lithography (1800-1900) German lithographie, from Greek lithos “stone” + -graphia “writing” |
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