Etch

Related Terms:

cliché verre underbite etchable ectypography etches circuit boards damascene sketch pattern etched self etch delineate photoetching technique maskant glyphography impression engrave eat in surface demask decoration repoussage stopping out overbite metal duotype etching printing electroetching acid plate rebiting bite in corrosive etchant substance lithography remarque rebite zinco etcher total etch lithograph widmanstätten pattern industry mark

Definitions:

Noun

Definition: Obsolete form of eddish.

Verb

etch

Definition: make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface"

etch

Definition: cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky"

engrave etch

Definition: carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"

engrave etch

Definition: carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name"

etch

Definition: selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons

Definition: To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.