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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

モアレ

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: moare

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Moire/mwɑːˈreɪ/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"画面にモアレ縞が発生しています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Silk or other fabric that has been subjected to pressure to give it a watered or wavy appearance.

    "She wore an elegant evening gown crafted from shimmering green moire."
  2. 2

    An optical pattern or interference fringe created when two similar grids or templates are overlaid at an angle.

    "The digital photograph displayed a noticeable moire pattern over the subject's finely striped shirt."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French past participle of moirer, meaning to produce a watered or clouded effect on textile. Originally rooted in the Arabic word mukhayyar, meaning selected or choice fabric (referring to mohair), the term evolved in European textiles and later transferred to physics and optics to describe interference patterns.

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