Etcher example sentences
etcher
definition
- noun form of etch
etch
verb
etch (verb) · etches (third person present) · etched (past tense) · etched (past participle) · etching (present participle)
- engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it:
- use the etching process to produce (a print or design):
- (of an acid or other solvent) corrode or eat away the surface of (something):
- selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons:
- cut or carve (a text or design) on a surface:
- mark (a surface) with a carved text or design:
- cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible:
- (of an experience, image, etc.) be permanently fixed in someone's memory:
- the action or process of etching something: