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moiré

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moi·ré  (mwä-r, mô-)
adj.
Having a wavy or rippled surface pattern. Used of fabric.
n.
1. Fabric, such as silk or rayon, finished so as to have a wavy or rippled surface pattern.
2. A similar pattern produced on cloth by engraved rollers.

[French, from past participle of moirer, to water, from mouaire, moire, moiré fabric, probably alteration of English mohair.]

moiré [ˈmwɑːreɪ]
adj
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) having a watered or wavelike pattern
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) such a pattern, impressed on fabrics by means of engraved rollers
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) any fabric having such a pattern; moire
3. (Physics / General Physics) Also moiré pattern a pattern seen when two geometrical patterns, such as grids, are visually superimposed
[from French, from moire mohair]
Translations
moiré [ˈmwɑːreɪ] Nmuaré m
moiré [ˈmwɑːreɪ] adjmoiré inv, marezzato/a
moiré [ˈmwɑːreɪ] adjmoiré inv, marezzato/a


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