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engraving

The English word “engraving” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.
  2. The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.
  3. A print produced from an engraving.
  4. The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

Etymology

By surface analysis, engrave + -ing.

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