Shading

Word SHADING
Character 7
Hyphenation shad ing
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Shading"

What do we mean by shading?

A screening against light or heat. noun

The lines or other marks used to fill in outlines of a sketch, engraving, or painting to represent gradations of color or darkness. noun

A small variation, gradation, or difference. noun

The act or process of making a shade; interception of light; obscuration. noun

That which represents the effect of light and shade in a drawing; the filling up of an outline. noun

Act or process of making a shade. noun

That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing. noun

Present participle of shade. verb

Graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting noun

A gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades noun

To shield from light.

To alter slightly.

To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.

(of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.

To darken, particularly in drawing.

To surpass by a narrow margin.

To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.

To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.

To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Shading

The word "shading" in example sentences

I say, and Brianna stills, the sneer on her face slipping, her expression shading into something different, something fearful and lost. ❋ Elizabeth Scott (2010)

Double bad, since the shading is all over the place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The shading is done by pen work instead of screentones. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Willow: There are several women who might be Asian (based on their eyes and slight skin shading), and one image of a black male hero. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also, specifically in panel three, the shading is confusing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This pattern of counter shading is used by the military for aircrafts operating low over the ocean. ❋ Dr. Reese Halter (2010)

It pays more attention to actual lighting sources, the depth and shading is good, and I love the night sky behind her (it works * so* well with the next page, too!). ❋ Debela (2006)

And Grauniad was voted reader's favourite blogging term shading out astro-turfer. ❋ Praguetory (2007)

Think about it: it's in the vendor's best interests for dealers to be crack installers, and the investment in supporting dealers pays off in the long-term shading business. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, it should be noted that a shading is a new syntactic device which Euler did not use. ❋ Shin, Sun-Joo (2008)

Also occasionally referred to as shading into or relabeled as art rock, artsy-fartsy rock, and my favorite self-deprecating epithet for one of my two favorite genres of music: "rock that will never be cool". ❋ Badger (2003)

_Satin Stitch_, for all kinds of flowers and small foliage, or for the definite flat shading, that is like block shading without the ridge caused by the carrying back of the wool into the past row of stitches. ❋ Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam (N/A)

The appearance of this may have suggested to the man painting his outline on the wall the idea of shading between his outlines. ❋ Harold Speed (N/A)

Fifth: This distinction, which we will call shading, occurred intermittently, sometimes in two consecutive characters, but never in three. ❋ Anna Katharine Green (1890)

Pencils pretty much force you into shading, which is a lot of work! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The uniformity of electronic detectors encompasses several variables: gain variations across the sensor, regional differences both in noise and sampling efficiency (often termed shading), and spatial variation in the efficiency of light collection or transmission.

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