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etch verb

  /ɛt͡ʃ/
  • 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.
 einprägen, einbrennen
  • To engrave a surface.
  • To sketch; to delineate.
 beizen, radieren, ätzen

etching noun

  /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
 Radierung, Ätzradierung
  • (countable) The image created by this process.
 Radierung
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