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Etched
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.
📖 Definitions of "Etched"
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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.
- 2
To engrave a surface.
- 3
To make a lasting impression.
"The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind."
- 4
To sketch; to delineate.
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Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
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(of a muscle, body part or person) Toned and with a well-defined musculature.
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