etching
e ching
- n an impression made from an etched plate
- n an etched plate made with the use of acid
- n making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
- v make an etching of
- v cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
- v carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
- v carve or cut a design or letters into
- v selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
- The basic procedure of etching is to coat a copper plate with wax, draw on it with a needle that exposes the metal, and immerse the plate in acid, which eats away the exposed area.
- Then, the duo fixed their crosshairs firmly on the bridge's underside, and started etching out dozens maybe hundreds of tags on one of its massive supports.
- A 16th-century etching of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba with camels in the background by Coornhert after Heemskerck.