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etching

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?et?.??/
  • Rhymes: -?t???

Noun

etching (plural etchings)

  1. (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
    Coordinate term: engraving
    Hypernym: intaglio
    Hyponyms: aquatint, mezzotint
  2. (countable) The image created by this process.
    • "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; []."

Derived terms

  • etching scribe

Translations

Verb

etching

  1. present participle of etch

Further reading

  • etching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • teching

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corrosion

English

Etymology

From Old French corrosion, or its source, Late Latin corr?si?nem, accusative singular of corr?si? (gnawing away, corroding), from Latin corr?d? (gnaw away, corrode).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /k???????n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /k???o???n/

Noun

corrosion (countable and uncountable, plural corrosions)

  1. The act of corroding or the condition so produced.
  2. A substance (such as rust) so formed.
  3. (chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation.
  4. (by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something.

Related terms

  • corrosible

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin corr?si?nem, accusative singular of corr?si? (gnawing away, corroding), from Latin corr?d? (gnaw away, corrode).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?.??.zj??/

Noun

corrosion f (plural corrosions)

  1. corrosion

Further reading

  • “corrosion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Noun

corrosion f (oblique plural corrosions, nominative singular corrosion, nominative plural corrosions)

  1. corrosion

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