etching
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the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
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an impression, as on paper, taken from an etched plate.
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the design so produced.
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a metal plate bearing such a design.
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the art, act, or process of preparing etched surfaces or of printing designs from them
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an etched plate
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an impression made from an etched plate
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The event includes Woman with an Arm Tattoo, an etching depicting Sue Tilley, and runs until 13 September.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The venture would also presumably need equipment for etching and deposition, which are manufacturing and packaging processes.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
“By no means are we etching anything in stone, but putting a framework out there to guide the community,” said Jerry Chow, IBM’s chief technology officer of quantum-centric computing.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
"Fabrication of modern devices takes hundreds, if not thousands, of steps of chemical etching and deposition and heating, and then every single step does something to your structure," Karapetyan said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2026
There is also an etching of Saturn next to the Earth: Our planet is a tiny circle.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The etchings were all created using Blake's own "illuminated printing" technique.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
The social and political turmoil of today resonates in a mammoth, extraordinary show of Francisco de Goya’s celebrated etchings at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
There’s a stunning group of watercolors, seemingly breathed onto the paper, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, fragile etchings by Whistler and dazzling, light-struck waterside scenes by Sargent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
Paint and etchings, including two names - Shal and Noah - were left scrawled on the walls and floor of Robin’s Hood Cave on Stanage Edge, near Hope Valley.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
Its smooth surface held etchings of the constellations.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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