moire

¹

[ mwahr, mawr, mohr ]

noun

1. any moiré fabric.

moiré

²

[ mwah-rey, mawr-ey, mohr-ey; French mwa-rey ]

adjective

1. (of silks and other fabrics) presenting a watery or wavelike appearance.

noun

1. a design pressed on silk, rayon, etc., by engraved rollers.
2. any silk, rayon, etc., fabric with a watery or wavelike appearance.
3. Printing. an interference pattern of dots appearing in the print of process color.

moire

¹

/ mwɑː /

noun

1. a fabric, usually silk, having a watered effect

moiré

²

/ ˈmwɑːreɪ /

adjective

1. having a watered or wavelike pattern

noun

1. such a pattern, impressed on fabrics by means of engraved rollers
2. any fabric having such a pattern; moire
3. Alsomoiré pattern a pattern seen when two geometrical patterns, such as grids, are visually superimposed

Word History and Origins

Origin of moire¹

1650–60; < French < English mohair

Origin of moire²

From French, dating back to 1810–20; moire, -ee

Word History and Origins

Origin of moire¹

C17: from French, earlier mouaire, from mohair

Origin of moire²

C17: from French, from moire mohair

Example Sentences

To prepare chiral interface states, the team worked at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry to fabricate a device called twisted monolayer-bilayer graphene, which is a stack of two atomically thin layers of graphene rotated precisely relative to one another, creating a moiré superlattice that exhibits the QAH effect.

From Science Daily

But the human stain is not without a comic essence, too, which Ruscha drew out in a wonderful group of word-paintings on shiny moiré fabric.

From Los Angeles Times

Another of them, rendered almost invisibly in shellac on deep cobalt blue moiré, circles around to give the exhibition its trenchant title: “Now then, as I was about to say …”

From Los Angeles Times

In combination, the two materials should produce a moiré superlattice -- an intricate, scaffold-like atomic structure that could slow electrons down in ways that mimic a magnetic field.

From Science Daily

It was reimagined for the modern era, standing out with its sculptural construction and luxurious moiré fabric.

From Seattle Times