BenDay

BenDay
Ben Day also ben·day or Ben·day (bĕn-dāʹ) n.
A method of adding a tone to a printed image by imposing a transparent sheet of dots or other patterns on the image at some stage of a photographic reproduction process.
  [After Day, Benjamin Henry.]

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  • benday — enday v. to reproduce by the Benday method. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • benday — verb reproduce by the Benday process • Hypernyms: ↑engrave, ↑etch • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * I. (ˈ)ben|dā transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology …   Useful english dictionary

  • benday — adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Benjamin Day died 1916 American printer Date: 1903 involving a process for adding shaded or tinted areas made up of dots for reproduction by line engraving • benday transitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • benday —    In printmaking, a process using screens of various dot patterns to mechanically produce shading effects. This process was invented by Benjamin Day (1839 1916). Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923 1997) included benday as one of the elements in… …   Glossary of Art Terms

  • Benday Dots — ist eine Drucktechnik, die von Benjamin Day entwickelt wurde. In diesem Druckprozess entstehen aus kleinen farbig gedruckten Punkten Flächen einer anderen Farbe. Je nach dem, welchen Effekt man erzielen will, werden die Punkte nahe aneinander… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Benday process — ☆ Benday process [ben′dā′ ] n. 〚after Benjamin Day (1838 1916), N.Y. printer〛 [often b p ] Photoengraving a process for adding tone or shading, as in reproducing drawings, by the overlay on the plate of patterns, as of dots: also written Ben Day… …   Universalium

  • Benday process — ☆ Benday process [ben′dā′ ] n. [after Benjamin Day (1838 1916), N.Y. printer] [often b p ] Photoengraving a process for adding tone or shading, as in reproducing drawings, by the overlay on the plate of patterns, as of dots: also written Ben Day… …   English World dictionary

  • Benday dots — The Ben day Dots printing process, named after illustrator and printer Benjamin Day, is similar to Pointillism. Depending on the effect, color and optical illusion needed, small colored dots are closely spaced, widely spaced or overlapping.… …   Wikipedia

  • benday — ben·day …   English syllables

  • Benday machine — Тангирный станок …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

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