moire
moire
Definition
moire (mwär, môr)
noun
a fabric, esp. silk, rayon, or acetate, having a watered, or wavy, pattern
Etymology: Fr, watered silk < mohair
moire
Usage Examples
Possessives
- eye: Moire's eyes fall on the dagger in Tarot's hand; their gleam mirrors its glint, danger lurking deep in both.
Modifies a noun
- pattern: Swap Shop: remember the moire patterns on Noel's ties?
- effect: There are also small amounts of aliasing and some scenes have a bit of distracting moire effect.
- patterning: This avoids moire patterning and color shifts during subsequent halftone reprinting.
- fringe: There is a nuisance colored moire fringe artifact on the sharp black to white edges at this highest resolution setting.
Browse dictionary entries near moire
- Moira
- moiré
- moiler
- moil
- moiety
- moieties
- moidore
- mohur
- Mohs scale
- Mohorovičić discontinuity
- moist
- moisten
- moistener
- moistly
- moistness
- moisture
- moistureless
- moisturize
- moisturized
- moisturizer
