a. [f. Gr. ἀνάστασις resurrection; cf. στατικ-ός causing to stand.] Of the nature of revival; spec. applied to a printing process, in which facsimiles of writing, drawings, or letter-press are produced by a transfer process from zinc plates.
1848. H. E. Strickland, in Athenæum, 12 Feb., 172/3. The anastatic process has two advantages over lithography.
1849. Rep. Brit. Assoc., 120. On Anastatic Printing and its various combinations by H. E. Strickland, M.A.
