etching — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

   Gebrauch

   • nicht zählbar

   Oberbegriffe

   intaglio

   Unterbegriffe

   aquatintmezzotint

2. The image created by this process.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar

   Beispiele

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   "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."

Substantiv

1. an impression made from an etched plate

   Oberbegriffe

   engraving

2. an etched plate made with the use of acid

   Oberbegriffe

   engraving

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

   Synonyme

   engraving

   Oberbegriffe

   printmaking