printing
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, print + -ing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]printing (countable and uncountable, plural printings)
- (uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
- (uncountable) Material that has been printed.
- (countable) All the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch.
- (uncountable) Written characters that are not joined up.
Synonyms
[edit]- (the art of making prints): imprintery (obsolete)
Derived terms
[edit]- 3D printing
- block printing
- carbon printing
- lenticular printing
- nature printing
- non-printing
- offset printing
- pad printing
- printing form
- printing frame
- printing house
- printing-house
- printing in
- printing ink
- printing out
- printing press
- printing roll
- printing shop
- rat printing office
- relief printing
- rotary printing press
- screen printing
- silk-screen printing
- skip printing
- stretch printing
- viscosity printing
- woodblock printing
Translations
[edit]the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
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material that has been printed
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all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
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written characters not joined up
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Verb
[edit]printing