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etch
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v. [tr.]
1.
engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, esp. in order to produce prints from it.
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use such a process to produce (a print or design).
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(of an acid or other solvent) corrode or eat away the surface of (something).
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selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons.
2. (usu. be etched)
cut or carve (a text or design) on a surface:
her initials were etched on the table fig.
his name is etched in baseball history.
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cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible:
Jo watched the outline of the town etched against the sky
fig.
the incident was etched indelibly in her mind.
DERIVATIVES:
etch·er
n.
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Vacuum etching technology: combined processes and interesting developments.
Magazine article from: CircuiTree; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; A new method of etching and a new additive have emerged in the aftermath of a combination of a vacuum etching technology with a pulse method. Given...continuous refinement of the process of vacuum etching on one hand and the coupling with the...
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Rembrandt's etchings.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...work slowly and methodically. In etching, the artist draws on the soft wax...many artists tried to make their etchings look like engravings, Rembrandt...artist's sketchbook. Rembrandt's etching needle flew across the wax, indicating...
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An improved etching technique for ultra-fine structures: A revolutionary etching concept--extraction of etchant to prevent the "puddling effect" and achieve improved etch uniformity. (Vacuum Etching Technology).
Magazine article from: CircuiTree; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; The etching process is one of the fundamental production...required conductive pattern is then created by etching away the unneeded copper not protected...main objective is therefore to achieve an etching result that is as even as possible. Further...
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Art; Etchings, Passing the Acid Test
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/23/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...institution, and featured 413 etchings by 25 artists. Interestingly...you love the art of etching, because there are...as fine an example of etching technique as you'll...admired. The few Cassatt etchings and aquatints here are...American Women of the Etching Revival, at the National...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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French etching dates from '30s, valued at $250
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...IN THE ATTIC Q. This etching has a label on the back that reads, "Original etching by Florence, Title...and the statement, "Etchings carrying this label...seeking for this type of etching. *** Helaine Fendelman...likely to consider French etchings such as "The Water...
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Japanese Inventors Develop Etching Solution Regeneration Process
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/4/2007; 524 words
; ...Nobuhiko Izuta and Mitsugu Murata, both of Tokyo, have developed a regeneration process of etching solution, an etching process and an etching system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A regeneration process is...
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LAWSUIT TAKES ON BOCH GLASS-ETCHING FEE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...insisted on including a $145 glass- etching fee in the price of the car. The fee...sale agreement. It covered the cost of etching a vehicle identification number on each...similar concerns about Boch's glass-etching fee in a story I wrote in February 2000...
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Branching into laser etching: Lazer Graffix was established as a specialized division of an Iowa flooring company, and it is determined to increase the demand for stone etching in the Midwest.(Fabricator Case Study)(Streeters Decorating Center)
Magazine article from: Stone World; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Using a laser-etching machine from Vytek...a broad range of etchings for items such as...products we produce are etchings on 6- X 6-inch...this because the etching is forever. "Recently...foot wall mural [etching] with paint as...System for all of its etchings. "We plan to invest...
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Etching Solutions.
Magazine article from: CircuiTree; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; edited from EPA-744-R-98-003 Etching is required for any of the process alternatives...this way, a copper circuit is formed. Etching is performed with conveyorized equipment...conveyorized units that include developing, etching, and film stripping are common only in...
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Etching Expressions, a Custom Wine Etching Company, Launches New Web Site Featuring Wedding Favors and Mothers Day Gifts.(Website overview)
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 4/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...occasion," says Tasha Cook of Etching Expressions. "Etching Expressions has unique wine...gifts and corporate labels and etchings. Also featured on the site...and articles. In addition, Etching Expressions' wedding line now...
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etching
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...paper and run through an etching press. There are many...in the technique of etching. Etchers often remove...trial print. Certain etchings appear in many and widely...aquatint. Pictorial etching evolved gradually from...where Dürer's etchings on iron, made between...
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Engraving and Etching
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...sharp, hard instruments. Etching — Printmaking technique...resistant substance painted onto etching plates. Steel facing —...the most widely used copper-etching agent, along with ferric chloride...has also evolved. The first etchings were done on iron plates...
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soft-ground etching
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...used to coat the etching plate is softer...than in normal etching (various recipes...Soft-ground etchings bear a strong likeness...original soft-ground etchings were produced by...mouth into the etching ground.
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Etching Revival
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Etching Revival. A term applied in Britain to a renewal of interest in etching as a creative printmaking technique, lasting from...to the First World War, following a period when etching had been used mainly for commercial work such as...
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relief etching
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
relief etching. A method of etching in which the parts of the design that take the ink are raised above...the plate rather than incised into the plate (as in conventional etching). The design is drawn on the plate in an acid-resisting varnish...
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