English > printing: 4 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The business of producing printed material for sale or distribution. |
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| Category of | case, compositor's case, typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers |
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| justify | Adjust the spaces between words |
| Category | printing, printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
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| Narrower | gravure | The act of intaglio printing |
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| issue, publication | The act of issuing printed materials |
| Broader | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
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| Spanish | imprenta |
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| Catalan | impremta |
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English > printing: 4 senses > noun 3, communication| Meaning | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication. |
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| Synonym | printing process |
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| Category of | adscript | Written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it |
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| ascender | (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters |
| descender | (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters |
| hair space | (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters |
| impression, printing | All the copies of a work printed at one time |
| justified | Having words / words so spaced that lines have straight even margins |
| kern | Remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) |
| kern | Furnish with a kern |
| leaded | Having thin strips of lead between the lines of type |
| live | in current use or ready for use |
| printing | The business of producing printed material for sale or distribution |
| proof, test copy, trial impression | (printing) an impression made to check for errors |
| quad, space | (printing) a block of type without a raised letter |
| serif, seriph | A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character |
| subscript, inferior | Written or printed below and to one side of another character |
| superscript, superior | Written or printed above and to one side of another character |
| underlay | Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type |
| unleaded | not having leads between the lines |
| white out | widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads |
| word processing | rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing |
| Narrower | carbon process | A process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment |
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| intaglio printing, intaglio, gravure | A printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate |
| offset, offset printing | A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber / rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper |
| planographic printing, planography | The process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent) |
| process printing | A method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates |
| relief printing, letterpress | printing from a plate with raised characters |
| typography, composition | art and technique of printing with movable type |
| Broader | writing | letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language |
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| Spanish | impresión |
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| Catalan | impressió |
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| Verbs | print | reproduce by printing |
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| print | put into print |
