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Definition of Printing
1. Noun. Text handwritten in the style of printed matter.
Generic synonyms: Writing
2. Noun. The business of producing printed material for sale or distribution.
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Specialized synonyms: Gravure, Issue, Publication
Examples of category: Case, Compositor's Case, Typesetter's Case, Justify
Category relationships: Printing Process
Specialized synonyms: Gravure, Issue, Publication
Examples of category: Case, Compositor's Case, Typesetter's Case, Justify
Category relationships: Printing Process
3. Noun. Reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication.
Exact synonyms: Printing Process
Examples of category: Hair Space, Quad, Space, Impression, Proof, Test Copy, Trial Impression, Ascender, Descender, Serif, Seriph, Word Processing, White Out, Underlay, Kern, Kern, Live, Justified, Leaded, Unleaded, Superior, Superscript, Inferior, Subscript, Adscript
Generic synonyms: Writing
Specialized synonyms: Composition, Typography, Letterpress, Relief Printing, Gravure, Intaglio, Intaglio Printing, Process Printing, Planographic Printing, Planography, Offset, Offset Printing, Carbon Process
Derivative terms: Print, Print
Examples of category: Hair Space, Quad, Space, Impression, Proof, Test Copy, Trial Impression, Ascender, Descender, Serif, Seriph, Word Processing, White Out, Underlay, Kern, Kern, Live, Justified, Leaded, Unleaded, Superior, Superscript, Inferior, Subscript, Adscript
Generic synonyms: Writing
Specialized synonyms: Composition, Typography, Letterpress, Relief Printing, Gravure, Intaglio, Intaglio Printing, Process Printing, Planographic Printing, Planography, Offset, Offset Printing, Carbon Process
Derivative terms: Print, Print
4. Noun. All the copies of a work printed at one time. "They ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
Exact synonyms: Impression
Generic synonyms: Publication
Specialized synonyms: Edition, Proof, Test Copy, Trial Impression, Mackle
Category relationships: Printing Process
Generic synonyms: Publication
Specialized synonyms: Edition, Proof, Test Copy, Trial Impression, Mackle
Category relationships: Printing Process
Definition of Printing
1. n. The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints.
Definition of Printing
1. a reproduction from a printing surface [n -S]