Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun photomechanics

2 senses of photomechanics

Sense 1
photomechanics, photoplate making -- (the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods; "photomechanics revolutionized the practice of printing")
       => photography -- (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)

Sense 2
photomechanics -- (the technique of using photomechanical methods to make photographs into plates for printing)
       => technique -- (a practical method or art applied to some particular task)