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lithography


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Preferred Term

lithography

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Planographic printing process in which a design is deposited on the stone or plate with a greasy substance and the surface is chemically treated to accept ink only in the greasy areas.

Variations

lithographic

lithografie

impression lithographique

Lithographie

litografia

litografía

litografi

litografera

Narrower Terms

transfer lithography

lithographic engraving

offset lithography

color lithography

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