matte
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matte (plural mattes)
- (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- Synonyms: mat, matting, passe-partout
- The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).
- (film) A background, often painted or created with computers
- Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.
- (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
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decorative border around a picture
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film: type of painted background
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metal sulfide phase
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matte (comparative more matte, superlative most matte)
- (American spelling) Dull; not reflective of light.
- Synonyms: (UK) matt, flat; see also Thesaurus:dim
- Antonym: glossy
- Flat or matte paint allows a deep color expression on the walls while also hiding flaws that may be inherent on the painted surface.
- a matte lipstick
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not reflective of light
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- matte (metallurgy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mat (picture framing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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matte
- inflection of mat:
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matte
- inflection of matten:
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matte
- inflection of matter:
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matte
- inflection of matt:
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matte pl
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matte f
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matte
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From Old English meatte, meatta, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician.
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matte (plural mattes or matten)
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- “matte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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matte
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matte m or f (definite singular matta or matten, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)
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matte m (definite singular matten)
- short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)
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matte
- to make something dull, matt
- to deliver a checkmate
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matte
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matte f (definite singular matta, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)
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matte m (definite singular matten)
- short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)
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matte
- to make something dull, matt
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matte
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matte
- inflection of mattar:
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matte c
- female owner of a pet; clipping of matmor.
- Ja var är matte? Var är matte?
- Yes where is mommy? Where is mommy?
- (uncountable, colloquial) maths; clipping of matematik.
- Är du klar med matten tills imorgon?
- Are you done with the math for tomorrow?
- Alternative spelling of mate (“maté”)
- 16th–17th century spelling of matta (“coarse protective material”)
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Nominative | matte | matten | mattar | mattarna |
Genitive | mattes | mattens | mattars | mattarnas |
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- (antonym(s) of "female pet owner"): husse (“master, male owner”)