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photoetch

photoetch verb: to engrave, or make an engraving of, by any photomechanical process involving etching of the plate.

Verb

photoetch (third-person singular simple present photoetches, present participle photoetching, simple past and past participle photoetched)

  1. (transitive) To engrave, or make an engraving of, by any photomechanical process involving etching of the plate.

Forms of photoetch

third-person singular presentphotoetches
present participlephotoetching
past participlephotoetched
pastphotoetched

Origin of photoetch

From photo- + etch.

Questions about photoetch

What does photoetch mean?
Photoetch means to engrave, or make an engraving of, by any photomechanical process involving etching of the plate.
What part of speech is photoetch?
Photoetch is a verb.
What is the past tense of photoetch?
The past tense of photoetch is photoetched.

Words near photoetch in the dictionary

  1. photoequilibria
  2. photoequilibrium
  3. photoequivalence
  4. photoessay
  5. photoessays
  6. photoetch
  7. photoetched
  8. photoetcher
  9. photoetchers
  10. photoetches
  11. photoetching

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