Stippling — is the technique of using small dots to simulate varying degrees of solidity or shading.In a drawing or painting, the dots are made of pigment of a single color, applied with a pen or brush; the denser the spacing of the dots, the darker the… … Wikipedia
Stippling — Stipple Stip ple, Stippling Stip pling, n. (Engraving) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines. [1913 Webster] 2. (Paint.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stippling — Stipple Stip ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stippled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stippling}.] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.] 1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stippling (dentistry) — The gingiva often possess a textured surface that is referred to as being stippled. [Carranza s Clinical Periodontology, 9th Ed., W.B. Saunders, 2002, page 30.] Stippling only presents on the attached gingiva bound to underlying alveolar bone,… … Wikipedia
stippling — n. act of applying paint with dots instead of lines stip·ple || stɪpl v. apply small dots or dabs of paint or ink to a surface … English contemporary dictionary
stippling — n. a spotted or speckled appearance, such as is seen in the retina in certain eye diseases or in abnormal red blood cells stained with basic dyes … The new mediacal dictionary
stippling — noun ( s) 1. : a stippled effect 2. : a spotted condition (as in basophilic red blood corpuscles, the retina in diseases of the eye, X rays of the lungs, bones) … Useful english dictionary
Maurer dots (clefts spots) stippling — Mau·rer dots (clefts, spots), stippling (mouґrer) [Georg Maurer, German physician, early 20th century] see under dot and stippling … Medical dictionary
SchÑŒffner dots stippling — SchÑŒff·ner dots, stippling (shēfґnər) [Wilhelm August Paul SchÑŒffner, German pathologist, 1867–1949] see under dot and stippling … Medical dictionary
Maurer stippling — malarial stippling with Maurer dots … Medical dictionary
