Guilloché

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Invention

Domain

Science and technology

Knowledge cost

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What Wikipedia says

Guilloché (French: [ɡijɔʃe]), or guilloche (), is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate, and repetitive pattern is mechanically engraved into an underlying material via engine turning, which uses a machine of the same name.

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