Home › Words › C › chemigraphychemigraphychemigraphy · noun — any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specifically, a process of zinc etching not employing photography.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, chemigraphy ranks #23,698 of 43,042 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom chemi- + -graphy.nounAny mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specifically, a process of zinc etching not employing photography.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chemiglyphic 74% match — Engraved by chemical etching. vs chemigraphy →chemigraphic 74% match — Relating to chemigraphy. vs chemigraphy →chemigram 71% match — A form of experimental artwork made by painting with chemicals on photographic paper or similar. vs chemigraphy →chemitype 67% match — Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press. vs chemigraphy →acrography 67% match — A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841. vs chemigraphy →chemography 66% match — autoradiography caused by chemicals in the specimen altering the photographic emulsion vs chemigraphy →zincography 66% match — A lithographic method of producing engravings using zinc plates vs chemigraphy →chemitypy 64% match — A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid. vs chemigraphy →