hatching

English

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Noun

hatching (countable and uncountable, plural hatchings)

1. (art, drawing, drafting) A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
2. (zoology) A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.

   We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.

3. (zoology) The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
4. Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.

Derived terms

• cross-hatching

Translations

method of shading

• Bulgarian: щриховка f (štrihovka)
• Czech: šrafování n
• Dutch: arcering (nl)
• Finnish: viivoitus (fi)
• German: Schraffur (de) f, Schraffierung f, Strichelung f, Schattierung (de) f
• Ido: hacho
• Italian: tratteggio (it) m
• Japanese: ハッチング (hacchingu), 網掛け (ami kake)
• Maori: kauruku whakarārangi
• Swedish: skraffering (sv) c

group which emerge from eggs at the same time

• Bulgarian: люпило (bg) n (ljupilo)
• Finnish: pesue (fi) (of birds), haudontaerä (of chicken in industrial production)
• German: Schlupf (de) m
• Italian: covata (it) f

act of egg hatching

• Bulgarian: мътене (bg) n (mǎtene), излюпване (bg) n (izljupvane)
• Czech: líhnutí n, vylíhnutí n
• Finnish: kuoriutuminen (fi)
• German: Schlüpfen (de) n
• Italian: schiusa (it) f
• Swedish: kläckning (sv)

Verb

hatching

1. present participle and gerund of hatch