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open biting


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Term Type

Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Preferred Term

open biting

Details

Exposing to acid relatively large, unbounded areas of a printing plate, as opposed to relatively small, restricted areas, such as lines.

Variations

biting, open

etch, open

open etch

open-bite

open bite

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