printing

noun

print·​ing ˈprin-tiŋ How to pronounce printing (audio)
1
: the act or product of one that prints
2
: reproduction in printed form
3
: the art, practice, or business of a printer
4
5
printings plural : paper to be printed on

Examples of printing in a Sentence

The book is already in its second printing, and a third printing is scheduled for later this year. The book has had two printings of 100,000 copies each. Her printing is very neat.
Recent Examples on the Web In his new introduction, Perlin notes that since the first printing of his book in 1989, more than 500,000 square miles of forestland has been deforested, an area larger than California, Texas and Iowa put together. Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024 The lettering is blue and orange in the cartoonish printing that taggers often favor. Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024 Nike also used traditional hand sketching, 3D sketching, and computational design before 3D printing so that the athletes could examine the shoes in person. Adrienne So, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024 Future offerings at Impulse to include large canvas printing Down the line, the Garskis plan to add large canvas printing to their offerings. Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024 Pittman said renting the space from Lamar Advertising, and printing and designing the billboard cost roughly $1,680. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2024 Another potential application of 3D inkjet printing is in the fabrication of advanced lithium-ion batteries. Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024 Sunday marked the last night the newspaper rolled out of the longtime Olympic printing plant, with production moving to Riverside starting today. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 Wallpaper is also more customizable than ever before with the advent of inkjet printing and other techniques that allow digital prints and custom designs to be applied directly to the paper or wallpaper panels used to create giant murals and other graphic wall art. Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 4 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of printing was in the 14th century

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“Printing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/printing. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

printing

noun
print·​ing ˈprint-iŋ How to pronounce printing (audio)
1
: the process of putting something in printed form
2
: the art or business of a printer
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