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adjective, noun, & verb mat Rhymes at, bat, brat, cat, chat, cravat, drat, expat, fat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, hereat, high-hat, howzat, lat, mat, matt, Montserrat, Nat, outsat, pat, pit-a-pat, plait, plat, prat, Rabat, rat, rat-tat, Sadat, sat, scat, Sebat, shabbat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, Surat, tat, that, thereat, tit-for-tat, vat, whereat noun matmæt mass nounAn impure product of the smelting of sulphide ores, especially those of copper or nickel. Example sentencesExamples - This will be designed to separate the matte / slag product transferred from the furnace.
- Botswana exports are dominated by diamonds, copper/nickel matte, beef and animal products; also exported are textiles and soda ash.
- It is thought that further mineral wealth awaits discovery; other exports are copper-nickel matte and beef.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French (in Old French meaning 'curds'), feminine of mat (adjective) 'matt', used as a noun. nounmatmæt A mask used to obscure part of an image in a film and allow another image to be substituted, combining the two. Example sentencesExamples - A couple of rough mattes here and there take the sheen off, but overall, everything looks good technically.
- Virtually inventing methods of composite mattes in film made the invisible man truly come alive and real.
- There are lots of shots that look fuzzy or soft because of the use of mattes, and overall the serpent looks like he was sculpted out of Play-Doh.
- However, the special effects scenes were done with the mattes and you will lose information from the sides during those shots.
- Because of limited special effects technology at that time, you can easily tell that these are two mattes put together (with outlines around the ship showing like a beacon in the night).
- There were a lot, and I mean a lot of space scenes where you could actually see the mattes around the ships, sun and earth.
- Traveling matte was again used to place people on top of the vessel and on the bridge connecting it to land.
- He mentions it precisely once, as one of several films using matte shots.
- Some of the background mattes appear grainier than the rest of the picture, and sometimes the special effects look a little hokey, but I won't hold those things against the DVD itself.
- For this we use alpha mattes, or masks, which allow us to work on certain portions of the building independent of the rest of the rendering.
Synonyms photomask, shadow mask, masking, masking tape
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, perhaps from mat (see matt). adjectivemætmat (of a color, paint, or surface) dull and flat, without a shine. Synonyms dull, lacklustre, matt, flat, unburnished, unpolished, tarnished, dingy, dim, dark, drab
nounmætmat 1A matte color, paint, or finish. the varnishes are available in gloss, satin, and matte 2A sheet of cardboard placed on the back of a picture, either as a mount or to form a border around the picture.
verbmætmat [with object]Give a matte appearance to (something).
Origin Early 17th century (as a verb): from French mat. nounmatmæt An impure product of the smelting of sulfide ores, especially those of copper or nickel. Example sentencesExamples - This will be designed to separate the matte / slag product transferred from the furnace.
- It is thought that further mineral wealth awaits discovery; other exports are copper-nickel matte and beef.
- Botswana exports are dominated by diamonds, copper/nickel matte, beef and animal products; also exported are textiles and soda ash.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French (in Old French meaning ‘curds’), feminine of mat (adjective) ‘matt’, used as a noun. nounmatmæt A mask used to obscure part of an image in a film and allow another image to be substituted, combining the two. Example sentencesExamples - Traveling matte was again used to place people on top of the vessel and on the bridge connecting it to land.
- A couple of rough mattes here and there take the sheen off, but overall, everything looks good technically.
- There are lots of shots that look fuzzy or soft because of the use of mattes, and overall the serpent looks like he was sculpted out of Play-Doh.
- Virtually inventing methods of composite mattes in film made the invisible man truly come alive and real.
- There were a lot, and I mean a lot of space scenes where you could actually see the mattes around the ships, sun and earth.
- Because of limited special effects technology at that time, you can easily tell that these are two mattes put together (with outlines around the ship showing like a beacon in the night).
- He mentions it precisely once, as one of several films using matte shots.
- For this we use alpha mattes, or masks, which allow us to work on certain portions of the building independent of the rest of the rendering.
- However, the special effects scenes were done with the mattes and you will lose information from the sides during those shots.
- Some of the background mattes appear grainier than the rest of the picture, and sometimes the special effects look a little hokey, but I won't hold those things against the DVD itself.
Synonyms photomask, shadow mask, masking, masking tape
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, perhaps from mat (see matt). |