1) Any moiré fabric 2) Ball-gown fabric 3) Engraved fabric 4) Fabric that shimmers 5) Fabric with a ripple 6) Fabric with a wavelike design 7) Fabric with a wavy appearance 8) Fabric with a wavy pattern 9) Fancy gown fabric 10) Feature of bad prints 11) French word used in English 12) Having a wavelike pattern
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1) Patterned 2) Watered
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[fabric] In textiles, a moire (ɑr or ɔr), less often moiré, is a fabric with a wavy (watered) appearance produced mainly from silk, but also wool, cotton and rayon. The watered appearance is usually created by the finishing technique called calendering. Moire effects are also achieved by certain weaves, such as varying the tension in the...
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• (n.) A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces. • (n.) Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering. • (n.) A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance...
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type of fabric finish with a watered, wavy appearance
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Undesirable pattern in halftones and screen tints made with improperly aligned screens.
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The word 'moiré' comes from the French word for mohair and is defined as 'having a watered or wavelike pattern' (Collins English Dictionary). Moiré patterns can occur whenever similar, regular patterns are superimposed on each other and are offset or angled with respect to one another. They are commonly seen amongst the folds of net curtains and,...
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(Digital cameras and photo printers) An interference pattern brought about when images of differing resolution are superimposed. This problem may occur, for example, if small diamond shapes are to be reproduced on a television screen.
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A pattern created by printing several repetitive designs on top of each other. In four-colour process printing, four screens of coloured dots print on top of each other. If the angles of the halftone screens of each of the four colours are not properly aligned with each other, an undesirable, blurry pattern, called 'moire' appears in the final imag...
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1. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering. ... 2. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces. Moire antique, a superior kind of thick moire. ... Origin: F. Cf. M...
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A French word used to describe the type of pattern produced when printing two or more colours in half tone derived from screens, the angles of which differ by only a few degrees.
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Wavy, water-marked pattern produced by embossing fabric with engraved rollers. Pattern is only permanent on acetate-rayon blends. Used for eveningwear, drapery and bedspreads. Moire fabric is a crisp faille or ribbed weave, often in rayon, silk, acetate or cotton.
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Finely ribbed furnishing fabric, usually silk or silk mixture, that has a lustrous finish with a watered or wavy figure. The word is a French adaptation of mohair, from which the fabric was first made. Moreen or morine is the now obsolete English version of moiré, which referred to a strong woollen material sometimes mixed with cotton and used for …...
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Moire noun [ French Confer
Mohair .]
1. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.
2. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon eit...
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Moi`ré' adjective [ French, p.p. of
moirer to water (silk, etc.). See
Moire .] Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance; -- as of silk or metals.
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Moi`ré' noun 1. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
2. Erroneously, moire, the fabric.
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Moi·ré' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Moiréed ;
present participle & verbal noun Moiréeing .] Also
Moire [ French
moiré .] To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).
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Moire is the French name given to silks figured by the process called watering. The silks for this purpose, though made in the same way as ordinary silks, are of double width, and must be of a stout substantial make. They are folded and subjected to an enormous pressure, of from 60 to 100 tons, generally in a hydraulic machine, and the air in tryin...
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In decorating, moire refers to a wallpaper with a watered silk effect produced by means of a delicate emboss.
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A noticeable, unwanted pattern generated by scanning or re-screening a piece of art that already contains a dot pattern. This effect can also be caused by the misalignment of screen angles in color work.
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watered adjective (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern
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Moir� pattern describes the interference pattern you see when it appears there are ripples or waves on your monitor.
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An undesirable halftone pattern produced by the incorrect angles of overprinting halftone screens.
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any moiré fabric.
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An undesirable pattern effect that occasionally appears in combinations of overlapping halftone screens. Changes to screen angles will often eliminate these patterns.
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