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etch
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etch

To create a design in a material by digging out the material. The circuit designs on printed circuit boards and chips are etched by acid. See chip and printed circuit board.


etch [ech]
(graphic arts)
To incise lines on a plate of metal, glass, or other material by covering it with an acid-resistant coating, scratching through the coating, and then permitting an acid bath to erode exposed parts of the plate.
(metallurgy)
To corrode the surface of a metal in order to reveal its composition and structure.


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