Electrotint
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Electrotint is a noun meaning (art, historical) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electrotyping, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.
Meaning
(art, historical) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electrotyping, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.
Word Forms
- electrotints
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include electrotypy, galvanography, electroengraving, etching, electroetching, electrotinning.
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