litho
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- noun
- /ˈlɪθoʊ/
- Jargon
:
litografía
- The gallery featured a stunning litho of a serene landscape that captivated all the visitors.
- litho film
- litho image
- litho procedure
Examples
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A discussion about the many ways that litho films can be used to create images with impact.
Academic text (1994) -
To make a litho title slide, you run this original title slide through the litho procedure.
Academic text (1995) -
What happens when you make a litho from a pictorial slide?
Academic text (1995) -
The simple procedure of making litho title slides can also be followed with color pictorial slides.
Academic text (1995) -
An artist gave me a litho portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
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Making litho title slides logically and progressively led to making litho black-and-white slides from the original pictorial color slide.
Academic text (1995) -
She admired the fine details in the litho print created by the famous artist.
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The museum offered a workshop where participants could learn how to create their own litho prints.
Synonyms
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A printing method using a flat stone or metal to make ink prints
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A photographic print made using a stone-printing process that gives strong contrast
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A process that uses light and photo masks to make tiny patterns on surfaces for things like microchips
A print that uses a photograph to prepare a plate for printing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Litho is short for 'lithograph' and comes from Greek lithos 'stone', since artists originally printed pictures from stones; so a litho is a print made by that stone method.