matte
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matte
a dull finish, as on glass, metal, or paper: a glossy or matte photo
Not to be confused with:
mat – a flat piece of material used to place under an object, such as a dish; a floor pad: a doormat
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matte 1
(măt)n.
1. Variant of mat2..
2.
a. An opaque border or pattern placed between a source of light and a photosensitive surface to prevent exposure of specified portions of the surface.
b. A map specifying how two electronic images of the same size and shape are to be cropped for combination into a single image.
3. A kind of paint that dries to a dull finish.
adj. also mat
Having a dull finish.
matte 2
(măt)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.]
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matte
(mæt)n
(Metallurgy) an impure fused material consisting of metal sulphides produced during the smelting of a sulphide ore
[C19: from French]
matte
(mæt)n
1. (Film) films television a mask used to blank out part of an image so that another image can be superimposed
2. (Broadcasting) films television a mask used to blank out part of an image so that another image can be superimposed
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matte
or mat
(mæt)adj., n., v. mat•ted or matt•ed, mat•ting or matt•ing. adj.
1. having a dull or lusterless surface: matte paint.
n. 2. a dull surface, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
3. a tool for producing such a surface.
4. an unfinished metallic product of the smelting of certain sulfide ores, as copper.
v.t. 5. to finish with a matte surface.
[1640–50; < French mat (masculine), matte (feminine), Old French < Late Latin mattus moist, soft, perhaps « Latin madēre to be wet]
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matte
Past participle: matted
Gerund: matting
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matte
Referee’s call for a temporary halt.
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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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mat
also matteadjective
Lacking gloss and luster:
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