polygraphy
- noun
- /ˌpɒlɪˈɡræfi/
- Archaic
:
poligrafía
- The invention of the printing press revolutionized polygraphy by enabling the mass production of books.
Examples
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In educational settings, polygraphy is used to produce multiple copies of learning materials for students.
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Digital polygraphy allows artists to create numerous prints of their original works with high fidelity.
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The intrusion of mechanical and chemical processes of photography into modern artistic techniques is now more than ever before in accord with the industrialization of polygraphy.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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3.9
The act of making a copy of something like a photo or document
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3.0
A way of making copies of text or pictures by putting ink on paper
Making exact duplicates of a product or design so they are all the same
A way of making a metal plate from set letters to print many copies
How Reproducible
Surface Forms
Morphology
polygraphy = poly + graph + y
The meaning is partly compositional from poly- 'many' and graph-related 'writing/recording', but the specific sense of producing multiple copies by printing is specialized.
Etymology
Polygraphy comes from the Greek parts poly- 'many' and -graphy 'writing' or 'recording', the same -graphy you see in photography. So polygraphy literally means 'many writings' and is used for making many copies of text or images by printing.