Moiré /(mwä`rā"; mō"rā)/

Moi·ré

Moiré

n.
  1. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
  2. Erroneously, moire, the fabric.

Phrases & Compounds
Moiré pattern
An pattern produced when an opaque ruled pattern with transparent gaps is overlaid on another similar pattern.

Moiré

a.
  1. Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance; -- as of silk or metals.

Moiré

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Moiréed; p. pr. & vb. n. Moiréeing

  1. To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).