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chemitypy

chemitypy noun: a process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.

Noun

chemitypy (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.

Words formed from chemitypy

Questions about chemitypy

What does chemitypy mean?
Chemitypy means a process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
What part of speech is chemitypy?
Chemitypy is a noun.

Words near chemitypy in the dictionary

  1. chemists
  2. chemists'
  3. chemitype
  4. chemitypes
  5. chemitypic
  6. chemitypy
  7. Chemke syndrome
  8. chemmie
  9. chemmies
  10. chemmy
  11. Chemnitz

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