GRAVURE PRINTING
\ɡɹˈavjʊ͡ə pɹˈɪntɪŋ], \ɡɹˈavjʊə pɹˈɪntɪŋ], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_v_j_ʊə p_ɹ_ˈɪ_n_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
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Process of etching a printable onto the printing plate. Contrast to letterpress and flexographic printing. The printing ink transfers directly to the paper. Contrast this to offset printing. Typically used in long runs of high-quality, multicolor printing. Known also as photogravure printing, primarily for reproducing photographs.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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