| tint | A shade of colour varying according to the amount of white admixed with the pigment. Origin: L. Tingo, pp. Tinctus, to dye (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tinted denture base | A denture base that simulates the colouring and shading of natural oral tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tinted vision | A condition in which objects appear to be abnormally coloured or tinged with colour; designated according to the colour seen: xanthopsia, yellow vision; erythropsia, red vision; chloropsia, green vision; cyanopsia, blue vision. Synonym: chromatic vision, coloured vision, tinted vision. Compare: dyschromatopsia. Origin: chromato-+ G. Opsis, vision (05 Mar 2000) |
| tintle | <zoology> The wren. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tinto | A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port. Origin: Pg, tinged, fr. L. Tinctus, p.p. Of tingere to tinge. See Tint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| electro-tint | A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc, receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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