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Definition of Etching

1. Noun. An impression made from an etched plate.

2. Noun. An etched plate made with the use of acid.

3. Noun. Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them.

Definition of Etching

1. n. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.

Definition of Etching

1. Noun. The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid. ¹

2. Noun. The image created by this process. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of etch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Etching

1. an etched design [n -S]

Medical Definition of Etching

1. 1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. T. 2. A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc, produced by etching. 3. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate. Etching figures, a stitch used outline embroidery. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Etching

etatistes etats etazolate etc etc. etcetera etceteras etch etchant etchants

etched etcher etchers etches etchi etching (current term) etching scribe etchings eten etendue

etens eteostic eteostics eterminable eternal eternal damnation eternal life eternal recurrence eternal rest eternal return

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