Definition of Tinting

1. Noun. The act of adding a tinge of color. "The hairdresser gave her hair a modest tinting"

Generic synonyms: Coloring, Colouring
Derivative terms: Tint

Definition of Tinting

1. Verb. (present participle of tint) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tinting

1. the process of one that tints [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinting

tintable
tintack
tintacks
tintamar
tintamars
tinted
tinted denture base
tinted vision
tinter
tinternell
tinters
tinticite
tintier
tintiest
tintinaite
tinting (current term)
tintings
tintinnabula
tintinnabular
tintinnabulary
tintinnabulate
tintinnabulated
tintinnabulates
tintinnabulating
tintinnabulation
tintinnabulations
tintinnabulatory
tintinnabulous
tintinnabulum
tintle

Literary usage of Tinting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metallography and Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel by Albert Sauveur (1918)
"Heat-tinting is described by Stead, its originator, as follows: "Heat-tinting consists in heating polished specimens of metals until their surfaces become ..."

2. Theoretical and Practical Graphics: An Educational Course on the Theory and by Frederick Newton Willson (1898)
"The surface to be tinted should not be abraded by sponge, knife or rubber. 221. The liquid employed for tinting must be free ..."

3. Mechanical Drawing by Frank W. Bartlett (1911)
"tinting.—The same methods of arranging the lights and shadows of the shading apply to the tinting. tinting may be done with any colors or with Indian ink. ..."

4. Laboratory Manual of Dyeing and Textile Chemistry by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1909)
"Bleaching Wool by tinting. — Take a well- scoured test-skein of woolen yarn (40), ... After tinting, squeeze and dry (41). It will be found that the violet ..."

5. Metallurgy: An Introduction to the Study of Physical Metallurgy by Walter Rosenhain (1914)
"One of the best known is the process of " heat tinting," first developed by JE Stead ... The use of the heat-tinting method requires, in the first place, ..."

6. Unit Photography by Frank Morris Steadman (1914)
"THE STANDARD tinting MEDIUM Many speeds of dry plates and films are made, ie, ... On account of the greater ease in working, the tinting strips will be cut ..."

7. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1873)
"ON THE MODERN ART OF tinting OPACITIES OF THE-CORNEA. ... The substance which M. Wecker recommends for tinting is Indian ink; but I have also employed sepia ..."

8. Elements of Mechanical Drawing: Their Application and a Course in Mechanical by Alpha Pierce Jamison (1904)
"tinting. i63. Introductory. — tinting is the art of applying colors to drawings, and as a "touch of color" added to most things enhances their beauty, ..."

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