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Matte   /mæt/   Listen
Matte

noun
1.
A mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted.
2.
The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss.  Synonyms: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt.
verb
1.
Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like.  Synonyms: felt, felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte up.
adjective
1.
Not reflecting light; not glossy.  Synonyms: flat, mat, matt, matted.  "A photograph with a matte finish"



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"Matte" Quotes from Famous Books



... the atolls, and their singular position in a double line, may be seen, but not well, in the greatly reduced chart (Figure 6) in Plate II. The dimensions of the longest atoll in the group (called by the double name of Milla-dou-Madou and Tilla-dou-Matte) have already been given; it is 88 miles in a medial and slightly curved line, and is less than 20 miles in its broadest part. Suadiva, also, is a noble atoll, being 44 miles across in one direction, and 34 in another, and the great included expanse of water has a depth of between ...
— Coral Reefs • Charles Darwin
... and in several other countries. The control and movement of the Canadian and New Caledonian supplies are the salient features of the world nickel situation. Nickel leaves the producing countries mostly as matte. Canadian matte has been refined mainly in the United States, but the tendency is toward refining a larger proportion in Canada. In Europe there are refineries in France, England, Belgium, Germany, and Norway, ...
— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith


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