moiré pattern

noun

moiré pattern

noun

/mwaˈɹeɪ ˈpætɚn/

Etymology From moiré + pattern.

1

an optical effect formed when one family of curves is superposed on another, the lines of the overlapping figures crossing at an angle less than about 45°; the moiré lines are then the locus of the points of intersection

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