benday process

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   a photoengraving technique for adding shading or texture or tone to a printed image

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Questions about benday process

What does benday process mean?

benday process means "a photoengraving technique for adding shading or texture or tone to a printed image".

Is benday process a common word?

benday process is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.