“true-to”

The following 5 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

true to life

idiom

: realistic and natural

true to oneself

idiom

: acting in a way that agrees with one's beliefs or values

true to one's word

idiom

: doing what one said one would do : keeping one's promise


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