a delicate touch
11Touch screen filter — This is an article describing the EMI and Optics filters that can be manufactured and incorporated onto touch screens. A number of filters and light guides into touch panels to achieve a variety of applications. In addition, all of these… …
12touch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French tucher, tuchier, from Vulgar Latin *toccare to knock, strike a bell, touch, probably of imitative origin Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to bring a bodily part into contact with… …
13touch and go — 1. a precarious or delicate state of affairs: It was touch and go there for a while during the operation. 2. quick action or movement: the touch and go of city traffic. [1645 55] * * * …
14delicate — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dainty] Syn. fragile, frail, fine; see dainty 1 . See Synonym Study at dainty . 2. [Sickly] Syn. susceptible, in delicate health, feeble; see sick , weak 1 . 3. [Needing careful handling] Syn. touchy, ticklish, sensitive …
15touch and go — adjective precarious, delicate, dangerous, risky, sensitive or of uncertain outcome. His condition was touch and go for a time after the accident, but they think he will recover …
16delicate — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Victorian, abstruse, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, adept, aerial, agreeable, airy, allergic, ambrosial, anaphylactic, appreciative, arduous, attentive, attenuate, attenuated, balmy, becoming,… …
17touch-and-go — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hasty] Syn. rapid, casual, superficial; see shallow 2 . 2. [Risky] Syn. ticklish, hazardous, tricky; see dangerous 1 , 2 , uncertain 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Requiring great tact or skill: delicate,… …
18touch-and-go — adj 1. hasty, helter skelter, precipitate, rash; sketchy, superficial, slight, skimming the surface; desultory, disconnected, random, erratic, mercurial, inconstant, wavering, indecisive; fitful, spasmodic, jumpy, flighty, wayward, fluttery. 2.… …
19(a) light touch — a light touch idiom the ability to deal with sth in a delicate and relaxed way • She handles this difficult subject with a light touch. Main entry: ↑lightidiom …
20printmaking — /print may king/, n. the art or technique of making prints, esp. as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy. [1925 30; PRINT + MAKING] * * * Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but… …
