Vignette

Quick meaning: Vignette is a noun meaning (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

Meaning

(architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
2. (philately) The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
3. (photography) Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.
4. (printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
5. (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
6. (computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.
7. (photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, that produces an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.

Example Sentences

Long minutes afterwards the sun disclosed itself, high above the earth's rim, over a vignetted bank of edgeless mist.

In order to drive on Bulgarian roads outside Sofia you'll need to purchase a vignette which must be displayed in the windscreen.

A particular classroom incident, and the vignette I used to portray it, had a significant impact on the interpretative framework for my research into scientific literacy.

Liz Brent, broker at Go Brent in Maryland and Washington, DC, said she’s spent the past few months changing how she presents properties by emphasizing photographs, 3-D tours, and video vignettes for homes online.

Word Forms

• vignettes
• vignetting
• vignetted

Synonyms for vignette

Depending on context, synonyms include account, anecdote, depiction, portrayal, representation, sketch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sketch, canister, decal, sticker, portrait, picture.

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