a printing process using photogravure cylinders on a rotary press
a print or newspaper pictorial section printed by this process
Origin:
< L rota, wheel + gravure
See rotogravure in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
An intaglio printing process in which letters and pictures are transferred from an etched copper cylinder to a web of paper, plastic, or similar material in a rotary press.
Printed material, such as a newspaper section, produced by this process.
Origin:
Origin: Latin rota, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots