What does shading mean?

Definitions for shading
ˈʃeɪ dɪŋshad·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shadingnoun

    graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting

  2. shading, blendingnoun

    a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades

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  1. shading

    Shading is the technique used in visual arts to represent varying degrees of lightness and darkness on a surface, which typically gives a two-dimensional drawing or painting the illusion of three-dimensionality. It's achieved by applying different levels or tones of color or black and white, simulating shadows and helping to suggest depth and volume. Furthermore, in the field of computer graphics, shading also refers to the process of adding color and light to a 3D model or scene.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shading

    of Shade

  2. Shadingnoun

    act or process of making a shade

  3. Shadingnoun

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

Wikidata

  1. Shading

    Shading refers to depicting depth perception in 3D models or illustrations by varying levels of darkness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shading in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shading in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of shading in a Sentence

  1. Makoto Moore:

    Plume collapses occur when the heat generated at the surface by The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire is no longer sufficient to maintain an updraft, it could be because of the fire running out of fuel, or shading of the solar insolation, or any number of reasons, but the energy at the surface is cut and the column collapses due to its own weight and gravity.

  2. John Updike:

    Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

  3. Jason Verstak:

    Plush carpets are created by cutting the loops and then shearing the tips of the fibers, pile reversal shading is when there appears to be a color difference in the carpet when you walk or vacuum over it. For that reason, plush carpet is generally best used in the master bedroom or other quiet spaces in the home.

  4. Constantin Stanislavski:

    Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.

  5. Paul Robson:

    This was supposed to be an impartial market tool, but we were biasing submissions or shading it to help the traders.

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