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Meaning of Matte | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
mæt

Definitions

  1. A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
  2. A background, often painted or created with computers
  3. The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
  4. An instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface.

Equivalents

العربية خليط من نحاس ورصاص ونيكل
Български Матов
Català mat
Čeština matný
Dansk mat
Deutsch matt Passepartout
Español mate
فارسی مات
Suomi aukkopahvi himmeä kehyskartonki kehyspahvi kiilloton matta metallikivi paspartuu paspartuuri passepartout
Français mat mate matte matte
Gaeilge neamhlonrach
Magyar paszpartu
Bahasa Indonesia passe-partout
Italiano matte matte opaco
日本語 マット 鈹
Kurdî mat
Македонски мат
Nederlands mat
Polski mat
Português mate passe-partout
Română maț
Русский матовый паспарту́
Svenska Matt
Türkçe donuk mat opak
Українська матовий

Examples

“The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).”
“Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Matted matted glass mattedness Mattei Mattel matteness

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