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designing collapse: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"

etching collapse: an etched plate made with the use of acid; an impression made from an etched plate

sculpture collapse: creating figures or designs in three dimensions; a three-dimensional work of plastic art

photography collapse: the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies; the act of taking and printing photographs; the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces

decoration collapse: the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive); something used to beautify; an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

engraving collapse: making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them; a block or plate that has been engraved; a print made from an engraving

degree collapse: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"; the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"; the highest power of a term or variable; a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"; a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"; a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

refresher course collapse: a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments

aeromechanics collapse: the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow

design collapse: the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"; a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"; a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the design of a building"; an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"; intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business"; design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"; conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"; make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"; create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit"; create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"

quantum mechanics collapse: the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle)

painting collapse: the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"; the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"; creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"; graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

leverage collapse: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses); strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"; the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever; provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"; supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available"

rotogravure collapse: printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press; printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press

gravure collapse: the act of intaglio printing; an intaglio print produced by gravure; a printing plate used in the process of gravure

typography collapse: the craft of composing type and printing from it; art and technique of printing with movable type

seminar collapse: a course offered for a small group of advanced students; any meeting for an exchange of ideas

elective collapse: subject to popular election; "elective official"; not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study"

printmaking collapse: artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

xerography collapse: forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas; "edge enhancement is intrinsic in xerography"

lithography collapse: the act of making a lithographic print; a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface

psychotherapy collapse: the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means; the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods

mimeograph collapse: a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo); print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; "She mimeographed the syllabus"

medicine collapse: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"; (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease; the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

printing collapse: the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution; text handwritten in the style of printed matter; reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication

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