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photoetching

photoetching noun: a photolithographic etching process.

Noun

photoetching (countable and uncountable, plural photoetchings)

  1. A photolithographic etching process.
  2. A photoengraving produced by any process involving the etching of the plate.

Forms of photoetching

pluralphotoetchings

Origin of photoetching

From photo- + etching.

Questions about photoetching

What does photoetching mean?
Photoetching means a photolithographic etching process.
What part of speech is photoetching?
Photoetching is a noun.
What is the plural of photoetching?
The plural of photoetching is photoetchings.

Words near photoetching in the dictionary

  1. photoetch
  2. photoetched
  3. photoetcher
  4. photoetchers
  5. photoetches
  6. photoetching
  7. photoetchings
  8. photoevaporate
  9. photoevaporated
  10. photoevaporating
  11. photoevaporation

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