Definition of Photomechanical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing.

Derivative terms: Photomechanics, Photomechanics
Partainyms: Photomechanics

Definition of Photomechanical

1. a. Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving.

Definition of Photomechanical

1. Adjective. of or relating to any of several methods of printing via a plate which has been prepared photographically, and can contain both text and images ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Photomechanical

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Photomechanical

1. Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Photomechanical

photolyzing
photomacrograph
photomacrography
photomagnetic
photomagnetism
photomagnetization
photomagnetoelectric
photomania
photomanipulation
photomap
photomapped
photomapping
photomaps
photomask
photomasks
photomechanical
photomechanically
photomechanics
photomechanochemistry
photomedicine
photomeson
photomesons
photometer
photometered
photometering
photometers
photometric
photometrical
photometrically
photometrician

Literary usage of Photomechanical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How to Appreciate Prints by Frank Weitenkampf (1908)
"CHAPTER IX THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE Photomechanical PROCESSES THE only reason for including this chapter is the importance of these processes in ..."

2. The Wonders of Modern Mechanism: A Résumé of Recent Progress in Mechanical by Charles Henry Cochrane (1895)
"This result has at last been attained, and is more fully described in the chapter on " Photo-Mechanical Processes." Photomechanical PROCESSES ..."

3. The Wonders of Modern Mechanism: A Resume of Progress in Mechanical by Charles Henry Cochrane (1899)
"Photomechanical PROCESSES. The Development of the Art of Ornamental ... THE term " photomechanical" is applied to any of the modern processes for the ..."

4. List of Subject Headings for Use in Dictionary Catalogs by American Library Association, Mary Josephine Briggs (1914)
"... Photomechanical processes Photo-etching see Photo-engraving Photogrammetry see Photographic surveying Photographic chemistry See also Photochemistry; ..."

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