Meaning & use
Lithography
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A printing process in which images are transferred from a flat surface, traditionally stone or metal, treated so that ink adheres only to the design areas.
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The artist used lithography to produce multiple prints of the same image.
Modern computer chips are manufactured using photolithography, a descendant of traditional lithography.
A note on using this word
Invented in the late 18th century by Alois Senefelder; the term now also extends to semiconductor manufacturing.
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