Associations to the word «Lithography»

Wiktionary

LITHOGRAPHY, noun. The process of printing a lithograph on a hard, flat surface; originally the printing surface was a flat piece of stone that was etched with acid to form a surface that would selectively transfer ink to the paper; the stone has now been replaced, in general, with a metal plate.

Dictionary definition

LITHOGRAPHY, noun. A method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface.
LITHOGRAPHY, noun. The act of making a lithographic print.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats