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moiré patterns

moiré patterns is the plural of moiré pattern.

Meaning of moiré pattern

Noun

moiré pattern (plural moiré patterns)

  1. an optical effect formed when one family of curves is superposed on another, the lines of the overlapping figures crossing at an angle less than about 45°; the moiré lines are then the locus of the points of intersection

Questions about moiré patterns

What is moiré patterns the plural of?
Moiré patterns is the plural of moiré pattern.

Words near moiré patterns in the dictionary

  1. moirologist
  2. moirologists
  3. Moirs
  4. moiré
  5. moiré pattern
  6. moiré patterns
  7. moiréd
  8. moiréed
  9. moiréing
  10. moirés
  11. MOIs

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