noun
the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)
• Syn: ↑planographic printing
• Derivationally related forms: ↑planographic
• Hypernyms: ↑printing, ↑printing process
• Hyponyms: ↑collotype, ↑collotype printing, ↑photogelatin process, ↑lithography
Useful english dictionary. 2012.