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lithography

The definition of lithography is a method of printing from a flat surface where unnecessary ink is turned away from the surface, generally by grease.

(noun)

An example of lithography is printing a message on a stone using grease to repel unwanted ink.

See lithography in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the art or process of printing from a flat stone or metal plate by a method based on the repulsion between grease and water: the design is put on the surface with a greasy material, and then water and printing ink are successively applied; the greasy parts, which repel water, absorb the ink, but the wet parts do not

Origin: litho- + -graphy

Related Forms:

lithographic adjective
lithographically adverb

See lithography in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A printing process in which the image to be printed is rendered on a flat surface, as on sheet zinc or aluminum, and treated to retain ink while the nonimage areas are treated to repel ink.

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