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printing

[prin-ting]

noun

  1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc.

  2. the act of a person or thing that prints.

  3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form.

  4. printed material.

  5. the total number of copies of a book or other publication printed at one time.

    The book had a first printing of 10,000.

  6. writing in which the letters resemble printed ones.



printing

/ ˈɪԳɪŋ /

noun

    1. the process, business, or art of producing printed matter

    2. ( as modifier )

      printing ink

  1. printed text

  2. Also called: impression.all the copies of a book or other publication printed at one time

  3. a form of writing in which letters resemble printed letters

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonprinting adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of printing1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; print, -ing 1
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In 1972, the company switched to Smith, naming the shoes in his honor and printing a tiny picture of his mustachioed face on them.

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Robinson used "combination printing", he said, creating a single image from multiple negatives.

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One part of the factory has three large robots printing modules on massive rotating trays.

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"And of course that got engineers really interested. And so then eventually engineers started printing other printers."

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The last recipe I made that was worthy of printing out and putting in my recipe box was the Creamy Italian Sausage Soup from Salt & Lavender.

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