anastatic

adjective

ana·​stat·​ic

¦anə¦statik

1

: relating to a process of printing from a zinc plate on which a transferred design is left in relief by the etching out of the rest of the surface

2

[anastate + -ic] : anabolic

Word History

Etymology

ana- + Greek statikos causing to stand

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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