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Raremattes
The correct spelling is mattes.
How to pronounce mattes
noun
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The correct spelling is mattes. A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame. For example: "The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide)."
Usage 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.”
Definition
noun
- 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.(pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
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