lichtdruck
/ˈlɪçt.dʁʊk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A historical photomechanical printing process that was widely used for high-quality reproductions of photographs, artworks, and documents.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Although M. Tessié du Motay et Marécha, of Metz, were undoubtedly the first to produce presentable halftone prints from a colloid film, Germany has since been pre-eminently to the fore in Lichtdruck printing."
- "You know lichtdruck is entirely different from lithography."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: licht, Druck