Used in a Sentence

etched

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for etched.

Editorial note

There's also a certain level of reusability that you don't get with SHA256 etched into silicon.

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Quick take

Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of etched gathered in one view.

adjective

Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.

adjective

(of a muscle, body part or person) Toned and with a well-defined musculature.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for etched.

Example sentences

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There's also a certain level of reusability that you don't get with SHA256 etched into silicon.

2

Buy 10 plastic disks with music etched into them (CDs) per year, for $120 or 2.

3

Many mathematicians seem to have an attitude that a well peer-reviewed proof is simply correct and etched in stone for good.

4

It is sad this will languish here rather than be etched into a stele.

5

Car wash companies will hate this stuff, and wouldn't it be nice if it could be etched into windshields, no more wipers!

6

Should we stick to hand-crafted silicon chips, painstakingly etched by a former Swiss watchmaker full of compassion?

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The drive to explore has always been etched into a portion of humanity.

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I had Cliff's bottle sitting on top of her laser etched known universe cube at work.

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If you show an 18th-century machinist a laser-etched piece, he'll be mystified.

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There's an FCC certification etched onto it somewhere (near the Underwriters Laboratories certification, usually.) The FCC evaluates every RF-capable device sold in the U.

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I would love to learn more about the structure of the patterns etched into the metals.

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You can do this by direct observation but it is not going to be 100% accurate: You'd need some kind of etched grating for reference.

Quote examples

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"The markings are laser etched directly onto the surface of the silicon die." That's the package, not the silicon die.

2

Maybe you've got a carbon nanotube hanging over a trench that you've etched under it, but the etching has caused other atoms to be stuck to the tube in unpredictable ways, and maybe the "islands" on either side couple to the nanotube in complicated ways.

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- "Programmers are still stuck writing their incantations down in a way that devices made of elaborately etched metalloids — powered by lightning energy gained from harnessing the power of the wind, water, or, most commonly, motion itself via the liquified corpses of ancient beasts that used to dominate the earth — can understand and execute."

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use etched in a sentence?

There's also a certain level of reusability that you don't get with SHA256 etched into silicon.

What does etched mean?

Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.

What part of speech is etched?

etched is commonly used as adjective.