lithography
English
noun
Definitions
- The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Lithographie affix from Ancient Greek λίθος (stone, a stone) + Ancient Greek γράφειν (write, etch, scratch).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γράφειν
Gloss
write, etch, scratch
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
書
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lite English
- chromolithographer English
- chromolithography English
- lithia English
- lithographer English
- lithographist English
- lithopedion English
- lithotecnon English
- microlithography English
- microstereolithography English
- nanolithography English
- photolithographer English
- photolithography English
- stereolithography English
- lithium Latin
- Lithografie German
- Lithographie German
- -lite Italian
- -lito Spanish, Castilian
- γράφειν Ancient Greek
- δροσόλιθος Ancient Greek
- λίθινος Ancient Greek
- λίθος Ancient Greek
- λιθάργυρος Ancient Greek
- λιθολάβος Ancient Greek
- λιθόκολλα Ancient Greek
- λιθόσπερμον Ancient Greek
- χρυσόλιθος Ancient Greek
- ἀργυρόλιθος Ancient Greek
- neolittisk Norwegian Bokmål
- neolittisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- litio Esperanto
- liti Catalan, Valencian
- λίθος Greek (modern)
- ליתוגרפיה Hebrew (modern)
- ლითონი Georgian