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(grə vyo̵or′, grāv′yər)

noun

1. any process using intaglio printing plates
2. such a plate or a print made by such a process
1. photogravure
2. rotogravure

Origin: Fr < graver, to carve < Frank *graban, akin to grave,

See gravure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A method of printing with etched plates or cylinders; intaglio printing.
b. Photogravure.
a. A plate used in the process of gravure.
b. A reproduction produced by gravure.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from graver, to engrave

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see ghrebh-² in Indo-European roots

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