patination

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
Degas therefore did not control the final appearance of the sculpture by keeping an eye on the trimming of the rough surface and on the patination, which are both essential operations.

View all »
Definitions (1)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (1)

  1. The process of becoming or the state of being covered with patina. A virtuoso, valuing a coin at ten times its intrinsic worth for time-blackened patination, and adoring its rust. N. and Q., 7th ser., V. 364. Time had lent the superadded beauties of patination. Soulages Catalogue, Pref. to Bronzes, p. 106.

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (6)

  • Degas therefore did not control the final appearance of the sculpture by keeping an eye on the trimming of the rough surface and on the patination, which are both essential operations. —  Alanat News
  • Jesse Preston bronze four branch candelabra with verdigris re-patination
  • A light patination adds a nice depth, a sharp sense of age.
  • The final touch to the sculpture is of coloring it and patination of the work which is important part of the whole art casting process. —  Shaister Miester Do Da
  • Next be sure of its function, practicality and daily use of a piece provides it with the human patination of life, as it gracefully ages the piece will take on its own appearance and texture. —  Antique News News!
More examples »
 

Tags

patination hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 5 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

histopathology · Womanizer · halcyon · tracheotomy · FORECLOSURE

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

qualms · poofter · oh for heaven's sake · embodies · silence