li‧thog‧ra‧phy /lɪˈθɒɡrəfi $ lɪˈθɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: German; Origin: lithographie, from Greek lithos 'stone' + -graphia 'writing']
a method of printing in which a pattern is cut into stone or metal so that ink sticks to some parts of it and not others
—lithographic /ˌlɪθəˈɡræfɪk◂/ adjective

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