printing

Found in thesaurus: writing, business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise, publication

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printing

n. act of imprinting images or words onto paper; printed letters

v. stamp ink onto paper or other material; mark with a sign; copy, duplicate; make fingerprints; publish, issue (books, newspapers, etc.); write in block letters (opposite of cursive)

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Printing

Printing is a process for reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest examples include Cylinder seals and other objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The earliest known form of woodblock printing came from China dating to before 220 A.D. Later developments in printing include the movable type, first developed by Bi Sheng in China. Johannes Gutenberg introduced mechanical movable type printing to Europe in the 15th century, his printing press key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, and the scientific revolution and laid the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses.

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printing

Noun
1. text handwritten in the style of printed matter
(hypernym) writing
2. the business of printing
(hypernym) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
(hyponym) gravure
(classification) printing process
(class) justify
3. reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
(synonym) printing process
(hypernym) writing
(hyponym) typography, composition
(derivation) print, publish
(class) live
4. all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
(synonym) impression
(hypernym) publication
(hyponym) edition
(classification) printing process

Noun
1. the result of the printing process; "I want to see it in black and white"
(synonym) black and white
(hypernym) written communication, written language
(hyponym) fingerprint
(derivation) impress
2. a picture or design printed from an engraving
(hypernym) graphic art
(hyponym) contact print
3. a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere"
(synonym) mark
(hypernym) indication, indicant
(hyponym) footprint, footmark, step
4. a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)
(hypernym) copy
5. a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
6. a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
(synonym) photographic print
(hypernym) photograph, photo, exposure, pic
(hyponym) cutout

Verb
1. put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed"
(synonym) publish
(hypernym) produce, make, create
(hyponym) republish
(derivation) black and white
2. write as if with print; not cursive
(hypernym) write
(hyponym) misprint
3. make into a print; "print the negative"
(hypernym) reproduce
(hyponym) lithograph
(derivation) photographic print
4. reproduce by printing
(synonym) impress
(hypernym) write
(hyponym) letter
(derivation) black and white

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printing

n. tisk; psaní tiskacím písmem

v. tisknout; publikovat; otisknout; vyvolat; psát tiskacím písmem; potisknout; vytisknout co

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printing

Rzecz. druk; drukowanie

Czas. drukować; robić odbitkę fotograficzną; pisać; drukować z komputera