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“true to”

The following 2 entries include the term true to.

true-to-scale process

noun

: a photomechanical process based on the insolubilizing action of iron salts on gelatin wherein a lithographic image is obtained by contact exposing a line original to blueprint paper that is squeegeed without development to the surface of a moist gelatin printing pad

true to form

idiom

: behaving or proceeding in the usual and expected way


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