"offset printing" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: The inked image is offset (“transferred”) from the metal printing plate to the printing surface via a rubber blanket. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} offset printing (uncountable)
  1. Printing by the offset process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket (“offset cylinder”) and from there to the printing surface. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Printing Synonyms: offset Translations (offset printing): 平版印刷 (píngbǎn yìnshuā) (Chinese Mandarin), ofset [masculine] (Czech), offsetdruk (Dutch), offsetpaino (Finnish), impression en offset [feminine] (French), offset [masculine] (French), Offsetdruck [masculine] (German), אופסט (offset) (Hebrew), הדפסת פסט (Hebrew), ofszet (Hungarian), ofszetnyomás (Hungarian), seach-chur [masculine] (Irish), stampa in offset [feminine] (Italian), offsettrykk [neuter] (Norwegian), offset [masculine] (Portuguese), ofsete [masculine] (Portuguese), офсе́тная печа́ть (ofsétnaja pečátʹ) (Russian), leac-sgrìobhadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ófset (Spanish), offsettryck [neuter] (Swedish), ofset (Turkish)

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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "offset printing",
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "offset printing",
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "offset printing",
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      "sense": "offset printing",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "offset printing",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "offset printing",
      "word": "אופסט"
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    {
      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "offset printing",
      "word": "הדפסת פסט"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "offset printing",
      "word": "ofszet"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "offset printing",
      "word": "ofszetnyomás"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "offset printing",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "offset printing",
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      "sense": "offset printing",
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      "sense": "offset printing",
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      "sense": "offset printing",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "offset printing",
      "word": "ófset"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "offset printing",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "offsettryck"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "offset printing",
      "word": "ofset"
    }
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