shadingn.

Brit.

/ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/

Etymology: < shade v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of shade v.¹ in various senses.

1. Protection from light or heat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > overshadowing > shading

shadowinga1340

bowering?a1400

shading1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ombragement, a shading or shadowing.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 35 I thought I might take the privilege of an old comrade to ride across through the trees, both for shading..and for avoiding of dust.

1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 210/1 Attention to the watering and shading is all that is required for the established plants.

2. A foreshadowing, adumbration.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > foreshadowing

adumbration1563

shadinga1807

foreshadowing1847

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iv. 120 Whatever shadings of mortality Had fallen upon these objects heretofore.

a. Delineation of shade; a marking or colouring resembling this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [noun] > shade > delineation of

adumbration1531

shadowing1603

shading1663

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 85 Painting..upon flat moulding, and set off with shading.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. vi. 253 The business of Shading with the needle is now..seldom thought of but at school.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 22 Gilt letters and dark shading.

1882 W. Morris Hopes & Fears for Art (1903) iv. 148 Gradation, which in more naturalistic work is got by shading.

figurative.1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 254 I fear the finer shading was entirely omitted in the making of me.

b. Music. The imparting of ‘light and shade’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > expression > [noun]

colour1597

colouring1771

feeling1771

expression1774

nuance1873

shading1881

expressivity1944

1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 331 That expression..was obtained..by the much more delicate shading of various transpositions of consonant chords.

a. A minute variation or difference (of a colour, hence of a quality, species, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > minute difference in degree, etc. or shade

shade1749

shading1775

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Shading, the different gradation of colours.

1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia xix. 168 The seven colors and their shadings.

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 602 Appearances suggesting the idea of such shadings among species are..rare.

b. shading-off: decrease in the intensity of a colour, or its passage into some other, by imperceptible gradations; also figurative of a quality, species, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > [noun]

devolution1629

induction1638

graduality1646

development1756

evolution1796

transition1800

evolvement1801

shading-off1858

transitioning1955

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > saturation > decrease in intensity

shading-off1858

1858 R. Mallet in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 60 The shading-off or evanescence of tint.

1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Mar. 5/4 In Egypt..there is no gradual shading off from fertile into waste ground.

1892 Spectator 16 Jan. 77/2 The University..lends its influence even to the shading-off of one political class into another.

c. A spurious variation in brightness over parts of a televised image. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > television > visual element > [noun] > television picture or image > defects in

multiple image1863

ghost1927

flicker1933

ion spot1936

halation1937

blooming1940

shading1940

misregistration1942

snow1946

snowstorm1948

ringing1949

streaking1956

strobing1961

flickering1968

1940 D. G. Fink Princ. Television Engin. ix. 414 The remaining item of equipment necessary to produce a composite video signal of adequate quality is the shading correction generator required with camera tubes of the iconoscope (storage-mosaic) type.

1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production iii. 50 Shading is reduced manually, by adjusting electronic correction circuits.

1969 G. L. Hansen Introd. Solid-state Television Syst. xi. 269 If the red, green, and blue channels were called upon to reproduce a white scene, the unbalance caused by the corner shading in the red channel would produce a red hue in the corner.

1969 G. L. Hansen Introd. Solid-state Television Syst. xi. 269 Shading generators..supply waveforms to the cathodes of the camera tubes to offset the variations that are present because of shading irregularities.

5. A toning-down, qualifying (of a statement).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > involving tolerance

pardon1548

mitigation1588

allowance1649

shading1817

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. xiii. 297 The circumlocutions, shadings, softenings, and periphrasis, which usually accompany explanations betwixt persons of different sexes in the higher orders of society.

6. The method or process of testing the truth of the interior of a gun barrel by a shadow thrown down the tube.

ΚΠ

1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 283/2 Two tests are employed,—the first being that by shading.

1902 Kynoch Jrnl. Oct.–Nov. 21/1 Independently of its practical utility, the shading of a gun barrel is an interesting optical problem.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

shadingadj.

Brit.

/ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/

Etymology: < shade v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That shades, in various senses of the verb.

1. Affording protection from heat or light.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowing > affording shade

umbrosea1425

shadowing1552

umbrate?1553

shadeful1563

shady1579

shadinga1586

umbrageous1587

shadowy1607

umbriferous1616

umbratile1659

umbracious1839

adumbral1845

umbering1872

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. x. sig. G2 Grasse (which plentifully grewe, brought vp vnder the care of those wel shading trees).

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 221 A shelter and a kind of shading cool Interposition, as a summers cloud.

c1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 15 Wild Lycæus, black with shading Pines.

1910 Westm. Gaz. 19 Feb. 14/2 If such a shading hood were applied at all times..the clearness of the photograph taken would be very much clearer.

†2. Delineating shade. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [adjective] > shade

skiagraphical1663

shading1667

skiagraphic1761

shaded1839

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 509 Thick with sparkling orient Gemmes The Portal shon, inimitable on Earth By Model, or by shading Pencil drawn.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shading
释义	shadingn. Brit. /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/ Etymology: < shade v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of shade v.¹ in various senses. 1. Protection from light or heat. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > overshadowing > shading shadowinga1340 bowering?a1400 shading1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ombragement, a shading or shadowing. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 35 I thought I might take the privilege of an old comrade to ride across through the trees, both for shading..and for avoiding of dust. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 210/1 Attention to the watering and shading is all that is required for the established plants. 2. A foreshadowing, adumbration. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > foreshadowing adumbration1563 shadinga1807 foreshadowing1847 a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iv. 120 Whatever shadings of mortality Had fallen upon these objects heretofore. 3. a. Delineation of shade; a marking or colouring resembling this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [noun] > shade > delineation of adumbration1531 shadowing1603 shading1663 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 85 Painting..upon flat moulding, and set off with shading. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. vi. 253 The business of Shading with the needle is now..seldom thought of but at school. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 22 Gilt letters and dark shading. 1882 W. Morris Hopes & Fears for Art (1903) iv. 148 Gradation, which in more naturalistic work is got by shading. figurative.1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 254 I fear the finer shading was entirely omitted in the making of me. b. Music. The imparting of ‘light and shade’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > expression > [noun] colour1597 colouring1771 feeling1771 expression1774 nuance1873 shading1881 expressivity1944 1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 331 That expression..was obtained..by the much more delicate shading of various transpositions of consonant chords. 4. a. A minute variation or difference (of a colour, hence of a quality, species, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > minute difference in degree, etc. or shade shade1749 shading1775 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Shading, the different gradation of colours. 1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia xix. 168 The seven colors and their shadings. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 602 Appearances suggesting the idea of such shadings among species are..rare. b. shading-off: decrease in the intensity of a colour, or its passage into some other, by imperceptible gradations; also figurative of a quality, species, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > [noun] devolution1629 induction1638 graduality1646 development1756 evolution1796 transition1800 evolvement1801 shading-off1858 transitioning1955 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > saturation > decrease in intensity shading-off1858 1858 R. Mallet in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 60 The shading-off or evanescence of tint. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Mar. 5/4 In Egypt..there is no gradual shading off from fertile into waste ground. 1892 Spectator 16 Jan. 77/2 The University..lends its influence even to the shading-off of one political class into another. c. A spurious variation in brightness over parts of a televised image. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > visual element > [noun] > television picture or image > defects in multiple image1863 ghost1927 flicker1933 ion spot1936 halation1937 blooming1940 shading1940 misregistration1942 snow1946 snowstorm1948 ringing1949 streaking1956 strobing1961 flickering1968 1940 D. G. Fink Princ. Television Engin. ix. 414 The remaining item of equipment necessary to produce a composite video signal of adequate quality is the shading correction generator required with camera tubes of the iconoscope (storage-mosaic) type. 1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production iii. 50 Shading is reduced manually, by adjusting electronic correction circuits. 1969 G. L. Hansen Introd. Solid-state Television Syst. xi. 269 If the red, green, and blue channels were called upon to reproduce a white scene, the unbalance caused by the corner shading in the red channel would produce a red hue in the corner. 1969 G. L. Hansen Introd. Solid-state Television Syst. xi. 269 Shading generators..supply waveforms to the cathodes of the camera tubes to offset the variations that are present because of shading irregularities. 5. A toning-down, qualifying (of a statement). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > involving tolerance pardon1548 mitigation1588 allowance1649 shading1817 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. xiii. 297 The circumlocutions, shadings, softenings, and periphrasis, which usually accompany explanations betwixt persons of different sexes in the higher orders of society. 6. The method or process of testing the truth of the interior of a gun barrel by a shadow thrown down the tube. ΚΠ 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 283/2 Two tests are employed,—the first being that by shading. 1902 Kynoch Jrnl. Oct.–Nov. 21/1 Independently of its practical utility, the shading of a gun barrel is an interesting optical problem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). shadingadj. Brit. /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪdɪŋ/ Etymology: < shade v.¹ + -ing suffix². That shades, in various senses of the verb. 1. Affording protection from heat or light. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowing > affording shade umbrosea1425 shadowing1552 umbrate?1553 shadeful1563 shady1579 shadinga1586 umbrageous1587 shadowy1607 umbriferous1616 umbratile1659 umbracious1839 adumbral1845 umbering1872 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. x. sig. G2 Grasse (which plentifully grewe, brought vp vnder the care of those wel shading trees). 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 221 A shelter and a kind of shading cool Interposition, as a summers cloud. View more context for this quotation c1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 15 Wild Lycæus, black with shading Pines. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 19 Feb. 14/2 If such a shading hood were applied at all times..the clearness of the photograph taken would be very much clearer. †2. Delineating shade. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [adjective] > shade skiagraphical1663 shading1667 skiagraphic1761 shaded1839 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 509 Thick with sparkling orient Gemmes The Portal shon, inimitable on Earth By Model, or by shading Pencil drawn. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611adj.a1586
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