noun
- a print made by photolithography, a process combining photography and lithography to reproduce images on stone or metal plates
Usage: technical; printing
verb
- to produce a photolithograph of; to reproduce using the photolithography process
Usage: technical; printing
Examples
- The museum displayed a rare photolithograph from the 19th century.
- The artist decided to photolithograph the original design to create multiple copies.
- Photolithographs were widely used in commercial printing before modern offset printing became standard.
- The publisher commissioned a photolithograph of the historical map for the new edition.
- Early photolithographs combined the precision of photography with the artistic qualities of lithographic printing.
- The technique allowed printers to photolithograph detailed architectural drawings efficiently.