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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITHOPHANE

Lith `o *phane, n. Etym: [Litho- + Gr.

Defn: Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.

New American Oxford Dictionary

lithophane

lithophane |ˈlɪθəfeɪn, ˈlʌɪ -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] a kind of ornamentation of porcelain visible when held to the light, produced by pressing designs into it when soft. • [ count noun ] an object with a lithophane decoration. ORIGIN 1940s: from Greek lithos ‘stone ’ + -phanēs ‘appearing ’.

Oxford Dictionary

lithophane

lithophane |ˈlɪθəfeɪn, ˈlʌɪ -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] a kind of ornamentation of porcelain visible when held to the light, produced by pressing designs into it when soft. • [ count noun ] an object with a lithophane decoration. ORIGIN 1940s: from Greek lithos ‘stone ’ + -phanēs ‘appearing ’.