matte 1 (m t)n. Variant of mat2. adj. Variant of mat2. |
| matte 2 (mt) n. A mixture of a metal with its sulfides, produced by smelting the sulfide ores of copper, lead, or nickel. [French, curdled milk, matte, from feminine of obsolete mat, compact, from Old French, dull, from Latin mattus, stupefied; see mat2.] |
matte1
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(Engineering / Metallurgy) an impure fused material consisting of metal sulphides produced during the smelting of a sulphide ore
[from French]
matte2
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(Performing Arts) (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Films television a mask used to blank out part of an image so that another image can be superimposed
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| Noun | 1. | matte - a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted mixture - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) sparkle metal - matte that has 74 percent copper |
| 2. | matte - the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss dullness - a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea" | |
| Verb | 1. |  matte - change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| Adj. | 1. |  matte - not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky" |
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