Etching

Definitions: Etching

Etching

Noun

1. An impression made from an etched plate.

2. An etched plate made with the use of acid.

3. Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them.

Date "etching" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Electrical Engineering	The removal of a surface region of a solid by means of chemical reaction with a fluid, or by electrolytic reaction involving a fluid. Source: European Union. (references)
	A chemical solvent process by which the material is removed by etching. The process is determined by the type of agent, its concentration, temperature and duration of application. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A process of engraving in which lines, frosting, or roughening are produced by an acid or mordant. Often used in studying the composition andstructure of metals, sandgrains, and crystals. (references)
Publishing & Graphic Arts	In photoengraving, to produce an image on a plate by chemical or electrolystic action. In offset-lithography, an acidified gum solution used to desensitize the non-printing areas of the plate; also, an acid solution added to the fountain water to help keep non-printing areas of the plate free from ink. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Etching

Synonym: engraving (n). (additional references)

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.
	Impression, print, engraving, plate; steelplate, copperplate; etching; mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint; cut, woodcut; stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype.
	Graver, burin, etching point, style; plate, stone, wood block, negative; die, punch, stamp.
Painting	Picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas; oil painting; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil; drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Designs for Glass Etching (reference) Etching, Engraving and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques (reference) Fabric Etching (reference) Practical Guide to Etching and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques (reference) The Art of Etching (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Figure 67 (cont.) The recording of temperature versus pressure on the bathythermograph was done by etching a trace on smoked glass for reading upon recovery of the instrument at the observing vessel.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Acrylic painting of a Barrow's Goldeneye by Robert Steiner, 315 Cornwall Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. As one of the top wildlife artist's in the country, Bob Steiner, finally won the 1997 Federal Duck Stamp Contest at the age of 48 after 17 previous attempts. Chosen over 379 other entries, Steiner's Barrow's Goldeneye depicts the majesty of the species. The same design, with some enhancements, came in third in the 1995 Federal Duck Stamp Contest (the winner that year was the Surf Scoter design by Wilhelm Goebel). Mr. Steiner has designed a total of 47 duck stamp (state and other commissioned venues), more than any other artist. With a Bachelor's degree in painting and etching at the renowned Rhode Island School of Design, he also achieved a Master's degree in etching and fine art printmaking from San Francisco State University. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and.
	Etching of Canada Geese by Richard E. Bishop, famous for his waterfowl paintings and etchings. The design illustrates the use of leg bands on birds to trace their migratory patterns. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home.		[Charles Darwin] / From Etching by Léopold J. Flameng of Painting by Hon. John Collier.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Leon Kolb] / [From etching by Max Pollak].Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Etching by John Taylor Arms, depicting the ship fitting out at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, circa early or mid-1942. The artwork is dated 1945.Credit: NAVY.
	I got a fine etching of you the other day, Mrs. Scrubbingham : Not offa me ...Credit: Library of Congress.		Caleb Strong. Nat--1745 - Ob--1819] / etching by Albert Rosenthal, 1888 after painting by Gilbert Stuart.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Utah Indians in Utah Valley / after an etching by John Hafen.Credit: Library of Congress.		American Photoengravers Association convention. Johnstone Electric Etching exhibit II.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Technologies, procedures and equipment for sewage decontamination that recovers heavy metals (the by-products of galvanic processes and etching, plate-making in printing industry, etc.) are studied and developed at the Institute of Applied Chemistry, the Research Institute of Chemistry of St. Petersburg University, the University of Light Industry, "Pigment" Co, and some others. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Etching" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Etching" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	75%	60	43,597
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	25%	20	78,262
Total	100.00%	80	N/A

Expressions using "etching": cooper etching ♦ etching apart ♦ Etching figures ♦ etching ground ♦ Etching needle ♦ Etching stitch ♦ Freeze Etching ♦ reactive ion etching ♦ separation etching. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "etching": etching-needle.
	Ending with "etching": acid-etching, cryo-etching, Electro-etching, freeze-etching, Photo-etching, re-etching, wet-etching.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "etching"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zinkografi, gravurë (engraving, print), gdhendje me mjete kimike, gdhendje me acid. (various references)

Arabic		‏طبع (grain, habit, impression, inscribe, instill, instillation, lithograph, mood, nature, normalize, print, printing, publishing, redaction, run, stamp, temper, temperament), ‏خرط (etch, lathe, turn), ‏رسم (block, charge, daub, depict, depiction, describe, description, design, draft, draught, draw, drawing, etch, exhibit, figure to oneself, formalize, image, impost, lay, lay out, limn, line, mark out, pattern, pencil, picture, plotter, portray, portrayal, protract, scrawl, sketch, tableau, trace, trace over, weave). (various references)

Bulgarian		радирунг, офортно изкуство, офорт. (various references)

Chinese		蚀刻. (various references)

Czech		lept. (various references)

Danish		gravering (engrave, engraving), aetsning (acid embossing, acid etching, biting), ætsning (corrosion, engrave), ætse (bite, desensitize, engrave, etch). (various references)

Dutch		ets. (various references)

Esperanto		akvaforto. (various references)

Finnish		syövytys (acid embossing, acid etching, biting, corrosion, etch), etsaus (acid embossing, acid etching, biting). (various references)

French		gravure, eau-forte. (various references)

German		radierung (embossing, engraving, engraving in relief), Radierkunst (engraving). (various references)

Greek		έγκαυση, σκάλισμα με οξύ (acid embossing, acid etching, biting), χάραξη;χημική διάβρωση, χάραξη χημική (engrave), χάραξη (acid etching, block rake, cut, embossing, engrave, engraving, graze, scratch, scribing), χαρακτική με οξύ, χαρακτική (engrave, engraving), χαλκογραφία (copper engraving, copperplate), τσιγκογραφία (zinc block, zinc engraving, zincography, zincogravure), �"ιάβρωση ειφανειών (Etch). (various references)

Hebrew		תחריט (engraving), חתוך (cut, incision, intersection), חריט�" (carving, engraving, turnery, turning), �'לוף (carving, engraving). (various references)

Hungarian		rézkarc (copper engraving), metszet (cut, cutting, engraving, gravure, section, segment), maratás (cautery, etchwork, milling). (various references)

Icelandic		æting, ætimynd. (various references)

Italian		acquaforte (acid). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		銅版�"� (copperplate engraving), 食刻 (engraving), エッチな� �"� (hit point, home page, HP, pornographic film, salacious film). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょっ�"く (engraving), どうは�"が (copperplate engraving), エッチング . (various references)

Korean		에칭. (various references)

Manx		getchal, etchal (etch). (various references)

Norwegian		etsning, radering. (various references)

Pig Latin		etchingay

Portuguese		mordedura (acid etching, bite, wound caused by a bite), maquinagem química, gravura (carving, cut, engrave, engraving, engross, illustrative, image, impression, picture, print), gravador a água forte (chaser), gravação em ácido, gravação a ácido (acid embossing, acid etching, biting), gravação (embossing, engrave, engraving, recording, tape recording), decapagem (engrave, floor robbing, pickle, regulating, remover, shaping, stripping compound, stripping of overburden), ataque (access, aggression, assault, attack, attempt, bout, corrosion, degradation, destruction, deterioration, fit, fling, gust, impugnment, invasion, investment, lifting, offensive, onflow, onrush, onset, outburst, paroxysm, periodic onset, raising, rush, Sally, shock), atacar quimicamente. (various references)

Romanian		gravurã (cut, engraving, inset, print, stamp, woodcut), gravare (engraving). (various references)

Russian		травление, травильный, гравирование травлением. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		radirung, gravura (engraving, gravure), grafika (graphic arts, graphics). (various references)

Spanish		morder (químico a electroquímico), mordentado (engrave, staining), mordedura (acid embossing, acid etching, bite, biting, dogs bite, wound caused by a bite), grabación mediante plasma químico, de aguafuerte, ataque químico (engrave), ataque (access, aggression, assault, attack, bout, charge, corrosion, degradation, destruction, deterioration, drive, etch, fit, insult, onfall, onset, paroxysm, point, raid, rush, seizure, strike, thrust, turn), aguafuerte (aqua fortis). (various references)

Swedish		etsning (acid embossing, acid etching, biting). (various references)

Turkish		oymabaskı, gravür (engraving, gravure, wood block, woodcut, woodprint), asitle yapılmış oyma. (various references)

Ukranian		гравюра (engraving, print, sculpture), гравірування (chasing, engraving), офорт (aquafortis). (various references)

Vietnamese		thuật khắc axit bản khắc axit, sự khắc axit. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "etching": etchings. (additional references)
	Words ending with "etching": fetching, fletching, kvetching, letching, outstretching, overstretching, resketching, retching, sketching, stretching. (additional references)
	Words containing "etching": fetchingly, fletchings. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Etching" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Elchaig, Elchin, etchant, Etchege, etchen, etchig, Etkin, Otchizna, teching, tecing, vetchling. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "etching" (pronounced e"khing)
4	e" kh i ng	fetching, sketching, stretching.
3	-kh i ng	approaching, arching, attaching, beaching, belching, bleaching, branching, breaching, broaching, bunching, catching, clinching, clutching, coaching, crouching, crunching, dispatching, ditching, drenching, encroaching, enriching, entrenching, flinching, hatching, hitching, impeaching, inching, itching, latching, launching, leaching, lunching, lurching, lynching, marching, matching, mulching, munching, overarching, overreaching, patching, pinching, pitching, poaching, preaching, punching, quenching, ranching, reaching, researching, retouching, retrenching, scorching, scratching, screeching, searching, slouching, snatching, snitching, squelching, stanching, stitching, switching, teaching, torching, touching, twitching, unflinching, vouching, watching, witching, wrenching.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-g-h-i-n-t"
	-1 letter: eching, ethnic.
	-2 letters: chine, eight, ethic, genic, hinge, neigh, niche, night, tench, thegn, thein, thine, thing, tinge.
	-3 letters: cent, chin, chit, cine, cite, etch, etic, gent, gien, hent, hint, inch, itch, nice, nigh, nite, then, thin, tine, ting.
	-4 letters: chi, cig, eng, eth, gen, get, ghi, gie, gin, git, hen, het, hic, hie, hin.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-g-h-i-n-t"
	+1 letter: cheating, etchings, fetching, letching, retching, teaching.
	+2 letters: cacheting, chelating, detaching, fletching, hectoring, kvetching, sketching, teachings, theogonic, tochering, trenching, vetchling.
	+3 letters: beclothing, bewitching, butchering, cathecting, chaptering, chartering, chastening, chattering, chittering, chuntering, crocheting, enchanting, escheating, ethicizing, ethnologic, fetchingly, fletchings, hatcheling, nightscope, outechoing, pathogenic, photogenic, ratcheting, recharting, reclothing, rematching, repatching, reteaching, retouching, stretching, thickening, trichogyne, unteaching, vetchlings.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 74 63 68 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110100 01100011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#116 &#99 &#104 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0074 0063 0068 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
glass etching	429	chemical etching metal	27
etching	144	etching silver	27
laser etching	121	etching press	26
pcb etching	74	concrete etching	25
copper etching	61	acid etching	25
photo etching	60	acid etching steel	24
photo chemical etching	57	glass etching pattern	23
chemical etching	57	laser glass etching	19
brass etching	56	laser etching machine	18
titanium etching	56	glass etching equipment	17
metal etching	55	decorative etching	17
vin etching	34	paris etching society	14
window etching	33	dielectric dry etching plasma	13
stainless steel etching	32	mirror etching	12
aluminum etching	31	glass etching kit	12
glass etching supply	30	etching free glass pattern	11
metal acid etching	29	self etching primer	11
steel etching	29	etching sand	11
photochemical etching	29	etching stencil	10
metal etching process	28	design for glass etching	10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Etching

Definitions: Etching

Etching

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Etching

Electrical Engineering

Mining

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Synonym: Etching

Synonyms within Context: Etching

Engraving

Painting

Crosswords: Etching

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concrete etching

copper etching

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photo etching

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chemical etching

laser glass etching

brass etching

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titanium etching

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metal etching

decorative etching

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paris etching society

window etching

dielectric dry etching plasma

stainless steel etching

mirror etching

aluminum etching

glass etching kit

glass etching supply

etching free glass pattern

metal acid etching

self etching primer

steel etching

etching sand

photochemical etching

etching stencil

metal etching process

design for glass etching

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