shininess
IPA: ʃˈɪninʌs
noun
- The visual property of something shining with reflective light; shine.
- (computing) The coefficient of specular reflectivity associated with the surface of an object being displayed.
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Examples of "shininess" in Sentences
- Ummm ... its pretty cool, as far as the 'shininess' factor goes.
- Samsung's Galaxy Tablet was all over the convention, with its Android powered shininess, causing Apple fanboys to have more than a few stolen glances.
- If you have oily skin or any shininess on the forehead and nose, follow the moisturizer with an anti-shine gel to provide a matte surface for the foundation.
- Whereas, the Assembly building has been created by people of such narrow and blinkered view that they seem to be mesmerised by the 'shininess' of their building.
- I like the way the wine looks, because it has to lie there so thickly, has a shininess to the deepest parts and sometimes you can see the crystals from the sugar.
- The fruit bowl morphing into the surface is a logical progression of enhancing the shininess, typifying the forms seen in ceramics, and creating an interesting dialogue between the surfaces.
- The dual purpose also exists in the equation of shininess with impenetrability and completeness: this shininess is available to paintings through varnishing, and to textiles through the oiling or calendaring of cloths, or the use of glossy fibers.
- But here large, color photographs by Richard Pare, executed over 15 years, show Russian avant-garde architecture in various states of use and disuse, shininess and dullness, and demonstrate that an architecture exhibit can be a beautiful thing to behold.
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