Look up: gloss

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   GLOSS
   acronym: Global Sea-Level Observing System (IOC)
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   Gloss
   A shiny look reflecting light.
   Found on http://www.printusa.com/glos.htm
   
   
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   gloss
   [n] - an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text 2. [v] - give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing 3. [v] - provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases 4. [v] - provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Gloss
   A high-sheen paint.
   Found on http://www.hobbyshed.co.uk/model_kit_mod
   
   
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   Gloss
   Consider the light reflecting on various objects in the printing industry (e.g., paper, ink, laminates, UV coating, varnish).
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   Gloss
   A surface lustre
   Found on http://www.shine-ltd.com/glossary.html
   
   
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   Gloss
   The property that's responsible for coated paper's shiny or lustrous appearance; also the measure of a sheet's surface reflectivity. Gloss is often associated with quality: higher qua- lity coated papers exhibit hight gloss. Champion Kromekote is a paper noted and sold for its exceptionally high gloss. see also cast coating, coated paper.
   Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.
   
   
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   gloss
   all directionally selective reflecting properties responsible for the degree to which reflected highlights or the images of objects may be seen as superimposed on the surface Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the brightness, luster, or sheen on a material or substance, usually brought about by some treatment to give smoothness on the surface. Category: The chemical indus...
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   Gloss
   Gloss (glŏs) noun [ Confer Icelandic glossi a blaze, glys finery, Middle High German glosen to glow, German glosten to glimmer; perhaps akin to English glass .] 1. Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss . « It is no part . . . to set ...
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    Gloss
    Gloss transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Glossed ; present participle & verbal noun Glossing .] To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. « The glossed and gleamy wave.» J. R. Drake.
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    Gloss
    Gloss noun [ Middle English glose , French glose , Latin glossa a difficult word needing explanation, from Greek ... tongue, language, word needing explanation. Confer Gloze , Glossary , Glottis .] 1. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [ Obsolete] 2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more word ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/35
    
    
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    Gloss
    Gloss (glŏs) transitive verb 1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate. 2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. « You have the art to gloss the foulest cause.» Philips.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/35
    
    
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    Gloss
    Gloss intransitive verb 1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. Dryden. 2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. Prior.
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    gloss
    1. Bbrightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. 'It is no part . . . To set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford.' (Hooker) ... 2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. 'To me more dear, congenial to my hea ...
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    gloss
    noun an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
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    gloss
    verb provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
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    gloss
    verb give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
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    gloss
    verb provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; `He annotated on what his teacher had written`
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    Gloss
    A `gloss` is a note made in the margins or between the lines of a book, in which the meaning of the text in its original language is explained, sometimes in another language. As such, glosses can vary in thoroughness and complexity, from simple marginal notations of words one reader found difficult or obscure, to entire interlinear translations of the original text and cross references to similar passages. A collection of glosses is a `glossary`...
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    Gloss
    • (v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. • (v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. • (n.) A false or specious explanation. • (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; pol...
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    gloss
    (from the article `Romance languages`) From the 7th century onward, consciousness of linguistic change was strong enough to prompt scribes to gloss little-known words in earlier Latin ...
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    gloss
    (from the article `papermaking`) ...of paper. The broad term finish refers to the general surface characteristics of the sheet. Smoothness refers to the absence of surface ...
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    gloss
    gloss (s). glosses (pl) 1. A short definition, explanation, or translation of a word or phrase that may be unfamiliar to the reader, often located in a margin or collected in an appendix or glossary. 2. A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or technical expression usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text o...
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    Gloss
    - The amount of light reflected by the surface of the paper, relative to the smoothness of the paper.
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    Gloss
    The luster or shininess of paints and coatings. Different types of gloss are frequently arbitrarily differentiated, such as sheen, distinctness-of-image gloss, etc. Trade practice recognizes the following gloss levels, in increasing order of gloss: flat (or matte)-- practically free from sheen, even when viewed from oblique angles (usually less tha...
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