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etch | undefined |

As a verb etch

is to cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

As a noun etch

is .

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

etch

English

Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with Dutch ets .

Verb

  • To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  • To engrave a surface.
  • (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
  • The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
  • To sketch; to delineate.
  • * John Locke
  • There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (Mortimer)

    Anagrams

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    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
  • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined