From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Painting and drawinglithographyli‧thog‧ra‧phy /lɪˈθɒɡrəfi $ lɪˈθɑː-/ noun [uncountable]AVPa method of printing in which a pattern is cut into stone or metal so that inksticks to some parts of it and not others —lithographic /ˌlɪθəˈɡræfɪk◂/ adjectiveExamples from the Corpuslithography• Several chapters cover the basics of clean room technology, e.g., lithography, etching and layerdepositiontechniques.• Where the technique of etching fell woefully short, he discovered, the art of lithographyexcelled.• It was therefore left to Lear to realise the full potential of lithography, and to revolutionise birdillustration in the process.• This year Minton also began to practiselithography.• As a means of reproducingplates in illustratedtexts, lithography had not been in use for even a decade.Originlithography(1800-1900)Germanlithographie, from Greeklithos"stone" + -graphia"writing"