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] adj → moiré inv, marezzato/a
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