etching — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

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

   Uso

   • incontável

   Termos mais gerais

   intaglio

   Termos mais específicos

   aquatintmezzotint

2. The image created by this process.

   Uso

   • contável

   Exemplos

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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;[…]."

Substantivo

1. an impression made from an etched plate

   Termos mais gerais

   engraving

2. an etched plate made with the use of acid

   Termos mais gerais

   engraving

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

   Sinônimos

   engraving

   Termos mais gerais

   printmaking