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Grammar : Adj
Spell : mat
Phonetic Transcription : mæt



Definition of matte

Origin :
  • "backing for a picture," 1845, from French; see mat (n.2).
  • As in lackluster : adj dull, lifeless
  • As in dull : adj drab, lackluster in effect on senses
  • As in flat : adj dull, lackluster to the senses
Example sentences :
  • Matte Enamel, medium weight; Enameled, medium weight; Velvet, medium weight.
  • Extract from : « Bromide Printing and Enlarging » by John A. Tennant
  • Matte and Maie grew fat on this fine living, and daily became richer.
  • Extract from : « The Lilac Fairy Book » by Andrew Lang
  • There was once a fisherman who was called Salmon, and his Christian name was Matte.
  • Extract from : « The Lilac Fairy Book » by Andrew Lang
  • The German term in the Glossary for panes ex pyrite is stein, the same as the modern German for matte.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • The matte is roasted, re-smelted with lead, and no doubt a button obtained, and further matte.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • Three products result: (a) slag; (b) matte; (c) copper-gold-silver alloy.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • He, however, describes nothing of matte smelting; in copper refining he gives the whole process of poling, but omits the pole.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • Canadian matte has been refined mainly in the United States, but the tendency is toward refining a larger proportion in Canada.
  • Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
  • The “American process” or “Pyritic smelting” consists in the direct smelting of raw ores to matte in blast furnaces.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 » by Various
  • The quantity of air consumed in a converter which will blow up about 35 tons of matte per day is about 3000 cub.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 » by Various

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