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Pronunciation : Li*thog"ra*phy
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. lithographie.]
Definition : Defn: The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913