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Noun: rotogravure  ,row-tu-gru'vyûr or ,row-tu,gra'vyûr
  1. Printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
    "The magazine used rotogravure for its high-quality photo spreads"
     
  2. Printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
    "The magazine's rotogravure section featured stunning photographs"
     
  3. Using photography to produce a plate for printing
    "The magazine's high-quality images were produced using rotogravure techniques";
    - photogravure

Derived forms: rotogravures

Type of: gravure, photogravure, photojournalism

Part of: newspaper, paper

Encyclopedia: Rotogravure