shading gradation

  • 11nuance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. variation, modulation, shade, subtlety, nicety, fine point, distinction; suggestion, innuendo, hint. See difference. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. subtlety, refinement, distinction; see difference 1 . III… …

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  • 12shade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shadiness, shadow, umbrage, gloom, gloaming, dimness, darkness; obscurity; duskiness; shading, tone; curtain, veil, film, haziness, haze, misti[ness], cloudiness; color, hue, tint; nuance, degree;… …

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  • 13degree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Step in a series Nouns degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber; gradation, graduation, shade; echelon; station, estate, status,… …

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  • 14Degree — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Relative quantity. < N PARAG:Degree >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 degree degree grade extent measure amount ratio stint standard height pitch Sgm: N 1 reach reach …

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  • 15ak̂-, ok̂- (*hekʷ-) —     ak̂ , ok̂ (*hekʷ )     English meaning: ‘sharp; stone”     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘scharf, spitz, kantig” and ‘stein”     Material: 1. e/o and ü St: Pers. üs (lengthened grade form) “millstone, grindstone”; Gk. ἀκή “point”, lengthenedgrade… …

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  • 16blending — noun 1. the act of blending components together thoroughly (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑blend • Derivationally related forms: ↑blend (for: ↑blend) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 18Perspective —    Technique used by sculptors and painters to create the illusion of three dimensional reality in an image executed on a two dimensional surface. Ancient painters had attempted with consider able success to achieve this illusion, but in late… …

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  • 19tint — [tint] n. [earlier tinct < L tinctus, a dyeing, dipping < pp. of tingere, to dye, TINGE] 1. a delicate or pale color or hue; tinge 2. a color or a shading of a color; esp., a gradation of a color with reference to its mixture with white 3.… …

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  • 20Shadowing — Shad ow*ing, n. 1. Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading. Feltham. [1913 Webster] 2. A faint representation; an adumbration. [1913 Webster] There are . . . in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a… …

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