Definition of Rotogravure

1. Noun. Printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press.

Generic synonyms: Photogravure

2. Noun. Printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press.
Generic synonyms: Photojournalism
Group relationships: Newspaper, Paper

3. Noun. Using photography to produce a plate for printing.
Exact synonyms: Photogravure
Generic synonyms: Gravure

Definition of Rotogravure

1. Noun. A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders. ¹

2. Noun. A print made by such a method. ¹

3. Noun. A portion of a printed work produced by this method. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rotogravure

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotogravure

rotiferans
rotifers
rotiform
roting
rotini
rotis
rotisserie
rotisseries
rotl
rotls
roto
rotochemical
rotodome
rotodomes
rotodynamic
rotogravure (current term)
rotogravures
rotolo
rotolos
rotometers
rotomolded
rotomoulded
roton
rotor
rotor blade
rotor coil
rotor head
rotor shaft
rotorcraft
rotorcrafts

Literary usage of Rotogravure

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

1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"A PHOTOGRAPHIC REVIEW OF THE WAR CONSISTING OF A CAREFULLY SELECTED SERIES OF THE BEST PICTURES OF THE WAR PRINTED IN rotogravure Shell Opens the Wall ..."

2. The New York Times Current History of the European War (1915)
"A PHOTOGRAPHIC REVIEW OF THE WAR CONSISTING OF A CAREFULLY SELECTED SERIES OF THE BEST PICTURES OF THE WAR PRINTED IN rotogravure Shell Opens the Wall ..."

3. A Short Course in Advertising by Alex Faickney Osborn (1921)
"In 1920 there were only 48 different newspapers with rotogravure sections, ... Full-page units have been the popular size for advertising in rotogravure, ..."

4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"In 42 rotogravure printers exposed to rotogravure printing dyes and highly purified toluene at working air concentrations in the range of 104-1170 ppm ..."

5. The Detroit News: Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-three, Nineteen Hundred and by Lee A. White (1918)
"One expects, in the rotogravure department, to come upon an amazingly complex ... In its essence, the rotogravure press consists of nothing more than a ..."

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