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electrotints

electrotints is the plural of electrotint.

Meaning of electrotint

Noun

electrotint (plural electrotints)

  1. (historical) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electrotyping, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.

Questions about electrotints

What is electrotints the plural of?
Electrotints is the plural of electrotint.

Words near electrotints in the dictionary

  1. electrothrombosis
  2. electrothrombotic
  3. electrotin
  4. electrotinning
  5. electrotint
  6. electrotints
  7. electrotitration
  8. electrotitrations
  9. electrotome
  10. electrotomes
  11. electrotomography

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