LITHOGRAPHY
lithography
(noun) the act of making a lithographic print
lithography
(noun) a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lithography (countable and uncountable, plural lithographies)
The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it. [from 1813]
Hypernym: planography
Hyponyms: offset printing, photolithography
Source: Wiktionary
Li*thog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lithographie.]
Definition: 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 Edition