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Definition: AQUATINTA |
AQUATINTANoun1. A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method. |
"AQUATINTA" is a common misspelling or typo for: Aquatint. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Engraving | Noun: engraving, chalcography; line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving; dry point, bur; etching, aquatinta; chiseling; plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving; xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AQUATINTA |
| Non-English Usage: "AQUATINTA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Hungarian (aquatint). |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-i-n-q-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: aquatint. | |
-3 letters: attain, quaint, quanta, quinta. | |
-4 letters: qanat, quant, quint, taint, taunt, titan. | |
-5 letters: anta, anti, aqua, aunt, quai, quin, quit, tain, taut, tint, tuna, unai, unit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-i-n-q-t-t-u" | |
+5 letters: absquatulating. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 51 55 41 54 49 4E 54 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --.- ..- .- - .. -. - .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010001 01010101 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01010100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A Q U A T I N T A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0051 0055 0041 0054 0049 004E 0054 0041 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)355155355443485435 |
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