Associations to the word «Moire»

Wiktionary

MOIRE, noun. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat.
MOIRE, noun. Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given.
MOIRÉ, noun. A pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications such as in weaving and screenprinting.
MOIRÉ, noun. A fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance.
MOIRÉ, verb. (transitive) To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).
MOIRÉ PATTERN, noun. An optical effect formed when one family of curves is superposed on another, the lines of the overlapping figures crossing at an ange less than about 45°; the moiré lines are then the locus of the points of intersection
MOIRÉ PATTERNS, noun. Plural of moiré pattern

Dictionary definition

MOIRE, noun. Silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern.
MOIRE, adjective. (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern.

Wise words

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