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| aquatint |
a type of etching that achieves the soft sweeping tones of a wash drawing or watercolor by careful control of the length of time acid is left on any given area of the etching plate. |
| armored |
wearing or being covered by armor or armor plate. [1/2 definitions] |
| beaver2 |
an armor plate attached to a helmet or breastplate that protects the face and neck. |
| brake shoe |
a curved plate of lined metal that creates friction when pressed against a wheel or brake drum, creating a braking action. |
| breastplate |
a plate of armor covering the chest. |
| camera |
a device with a shutter and lens that produces photographs by recording images on a light-sensitive film or plate. [1/2 definitions] |
| carbon |
in a battery, a rod or plate composed partly of carbon. [1/7 definitions] |
| catcher |
in baseball, the player who squats behind the batter at home plate and catches balls thrown by the pitcher. [1/2 definitions] |
| chrome |
to plate with an alloy of chromium. [1/5 definitions] |
| clypeate |
in biology, shaped like a round shield, as a plate on the head of certain insects. |
| copperplate |
an engraved or etched flat plate of copper used in printing. [2/3 definitions] |
| daguerreotype |
an early process of photography that used a silvered metal plate rather than film. [1/2 definitions] |
| damper |
in a furnace or stove, a movable metal plate that controls air flow. [1/2 definitions] |
| dial |
a disk or plate, usu. with numbers and a pointer indicating gradations of a measure such as speed, pressure, or the like. [2/8 definitions] |
| disc2 |
a thin, round plate coated with a magnetic substance on one or both sides, used to record data entered on a computer. [1/4 definitions] |
| doorplate |
a plate, usu. of metal, attached to or next to a door, bearing the room number, name of occupant, or the like. |
| double exposure |
the act of making two exposures on the same film, photographic plate, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| drypoint |
a print made from, or the needle used on, such an engraved plate. [1/2 definitions] |
| electrotype |
a copy or facsimile made by electroplating a mold, in wax, lead, or plastic, of an original plate, and used esp. in printing. [2/3 definitions] |
| engrave |
to cut (a design or lettering) into a hard, flat surface, as by a sharp implement or acid, often for the purpose of making a plate for printing. [1/4 definitions] |
| epiglottis |
a thin, flexible plate of cartilage at the root of the tongue that, by closing over the glottis, prevents food from entering the windpipe during swallowing. |
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