hatching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæt͡ʃɪŋ/

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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
• posthatching
• prehatching

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 (hatchingu), 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