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M0100500 (mär′blĭng)n.1. A mottling or streaking that resembles marble.2. The process or operation of giving something the surface appearance of marble.3. The decorative imitation of marble patterns printed on page edges and endpapers of books.4. Flecks or thin strips of fat, especially when evenly distributed in a cut of meat.

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(ˈmɑːblɪŋ) n1. a mottled effect or pattern resembling marble2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) such an effect obtained by transferring floating colours from a bath of gum solution3. (Cookery) the streaks of fat in lean meat

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(ˈmɑr blɪŋ)

n. 1. variegated patterns or markings suggestive of marble. 2. the mixture of fat with lean in a cut of meat. [1680–1690]

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Noun

marbling - the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meatedible fat - oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue

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in bookbinding, a process of coloring the sides, edges, or end papers of a book in a design that suggests the veins and mottles of marble. In tree marbling, as of tree calf bindings, the design suggests also the trunk and branches of a tree. In tree marbling, liquid colors are run over a surface bent to form a trough; the trunk of the tree is produced in the bottom of the trough. In other marbling, the colors are arranged on the surface of a liquid, and to this the surface to be colored is applied. The process of marbling was known in Japan as early as the 9th cent. A.D.; it reached Europe in the 17th cent.

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The process of painting a wood surface so that it will resemble marble.

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[′mär·bliŋ] (engineering) The use of antiquing techniques to achieve the appearance of marble in a paint film.

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The use of antiquing techniques to achieve the appearance of marble in a paint film.

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Food industry
A term for an increase of intramuscular fat in cattle, which increased beef’s tenderness.

Forensics
“Venous patterning.” A term referring to a vaguely arborescent mosaic of discolouration due to prominent subdermal vessels—especially the veins—on the skin of a body in early (3 to 5 days) decomposition.
Infectious disease
A term for blotchy lividity of the skin due to intense haemolytic staining of vascular intima, which may be seen within 6 hours of death in patients with streptococcal septicaemia.
Sports medicine
Skin bends, skin marbling. A term referring to mottling of skin seen in divers with pulmonary barotrauma and air embolism.

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Forensic pathology 'Venous patterning' A mosaic of discoloration due to prominent subdermal vessels on the skin of a body in early decomposition/decay Sports medicine Skin marbling Mottling of skin seen in divers with pulmonary barotrauma and air embolism. See Air embolism, Pulmonary barotrauma.

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noun the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat

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