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Meaning of "guilloche" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GUILLOCHE

From French: tool used in ornamental work, perhaps from Guillaume William.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GUILLOCHE

guilloche  [ɡɪˈlɒʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUILLOCHE

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Guilloche is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GUILLOCHE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

guilloche

Guilloché

Guilloché is a decorative engraving technique in which a very precise intricate repetitive pattern or design is mechanically engraved into an underlying material. Specifically, it involves a technique of engine turning, using a machine of the same name, also called a rose engine lathe. This improved upon the more time-consuming practice of making similar designs by hand and allowed for greater delicacy, precision, and closeness of the line, as well as greater speed. The term "guilloche" is also used more generally for repetitive architectural patterns of intersecting or overlapping spirals or other shapes, as used in the Ancient Near East, classical Greece and Rome and neo-classical architecture, and Early Medieval interlace decoration in Anglo-Saxon art and elsewhere. Medieval Cosmatesque stone inlay designs with two ribbons winding around a series of regular central points are very often called guilloche. These central points are often blank, but may contain a figure, such as a rose. These senses are a back-formation from the engraving guilloché, so called because the architectural motifs resemble the designs produced by later guilloché techniques.

Definition of guilloche in the English dictionary

The definition of guilloche in the dictionary is an ornamental band or border with a repeating pattern of two or more interwoven wavy lines, as in architecture.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUILLOCHE


aslosh
əˈslɒʃ
cloche
klɒʃ
flosh
flɒʃ
galosh
ɡəˈlɒʃ
golosh
ɡəˈlɒʃ
slosh
slɒʃ
splosh
splɒʃ
tikoloshe
ˌtɪkɒˈlɒʃ
tokoloshe
ˌtɒkɒˈlɒʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUILLOCHE

guilefulness
guileless
guilelessly
guilelessness
guiler
Guilin
Guillaume de Lorris
Guillem
guillemet
guillemot
guillotine
guillotiner
guilt
guilt complex
guiltier
guiltiest
guiltily
guiltiness
guiltless
guiltlessly

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUILLOCHE

basoche
Boche
brioche
caroche
croche
Delaroche
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panoche
penoche
Soche
soroche
synecdoche
the Boche
troche

Synonyms and antonyms of guilloche in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «guilloche» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUILLOCHE

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The translations of guilloche from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «guilloche» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

扭索
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

GUILLOQUIS
570 millions of speakers

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guilloche
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

guilloche
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضفيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гильошированному
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guilloché
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

guilloche
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

guilloché
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Guilloche
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Guilloche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

guilloche
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Guilloche
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

guilloche
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

guilloche
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गिलॉच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

guilloche
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guilloche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

giloszowego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гильошированному
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

guilloche
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Guilloche
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Guillocheermachine
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

guilloche
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

guilloche
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of guilloche

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUILLOCHE»

The term «guilloche» is regularly used and occupies the 96.976 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUILLOCHE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUILLOCHE»

Discover the use of guilloche in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to guilloche and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A New Luwian Stele and the Cult of the Storm-god at Til ...
E. Guilloche The guilloche is only found on Storm-God stele B from Tell Ahmar ( cat. 1) and the Ahmar/Qubbah stele. No motif is probably more common, especially in Middle and Late Bronze Age Syrian glyptics, than the guilloche and it may ...
Guy Bunnens, 2006
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Cartier
Most of his enamel ornaments were made using the guilloche or engine-turned technique and designed in the Louis XVI style of the late 1780s. Those that found their way to Europe as gifts guve Parisian craftsmen the idea of reviving their ...
Hans Nadelhoffer, 2007
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The Art of Enameling: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration
The guilloche style of basse taille enameling was developed during the industrial growth period of the late 1800s. Guilloche refers to a type of abstract geometric pattern cut into the surface of metal that you can see beneath transparent enamel  ...
Linda Darty, 2006
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Standard Catalog of World Paper Money General Issues - 1368-1960
Brown guilloche at left, green guilloche at center, man with beard at right. Serial # and block#. 14 character imprint. Back: Without bank name in English. a. Issued note. .25 2.00 7.50 s1. Specimen with red overprint and perforated: Mi-hon.
George S. Cuhaj, 2012
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Meta-Algorithmics: Patterns for Robust, Low Cost, High ...
three of the regions—barcode, 3D color tile, and guilloche —were considered together: Assigned class A B C D A 0.93 0.02 0.03 0.02 Origin B [0.03 0.90 0.03 004-' class C 0.02 0.01 0.94 0.03 D 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.95 Barcodes + 3D color tiles + ...
Steven J. Simske, 2013
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Handbook of Print Media: Technologies and Production Methods
2.5-1 Example of a guilloche matical laws on guilloche machines with complex control systems. In addition to the purely mechanically controlled guilloche machines, later models are computer-controlled. This background is usually printed in ...
Helmut Kipphan, 2001
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The History of Information Security: A Comprehensive Handbook
Guilloche and medallion pattern circa 1860. Around that time another printed security device was introduced. A relief pattern as suggested by many parallel lines and then later still intricately interwoven patterns or guilloches. The relief or  ...
Karl Maria Michael de Leeuw, Jan Bergstra, 2007
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Star Brigade: First Renaissance
Mre Guilloche was no different in that regard. In fact, he was one of the worst—or according to other Rhomerans—one of the best of his kind. Guilloche, leader of the Imperialist Party and one of the most powerful Senators in the Bicameral, was  ...
C. C. Ekeke, 2005
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2015 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money - Modern Issues: ...
Dark blue-green and grayish purple on light blue-green underprint. Pedimented beehive at lower left, denomination numeral in guilloche over a representation of the dance of the Catrniolan bee on an underprint of honeycomb at center right.
George S. Cuhaj, 2014
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The Mosaics of Aphrodisias in Caria
Although there are three sets of colours, they form a simple two-strand twist (R 70j) rather than a true three-strand guilloche. The same peculiarity in the use of colour may be seen in the Tetrapylon House D3 (Cat. no. 6): the twist and guilloche ...
Sheila D. Campbell, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUILLOCHE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term guilloche is used in the context of the following news items.
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The transit experience
So the backgrounds look like the pages of a passport, with their muted pastel background, punched numbers and Guilloche patterns. Over this ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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Montblanc Unveils Bohème Moongarden Watches with Unusual …
The Arabic numerals are curved and flowing for sensuous appeal and are set on a guilloche' dial with 90 facets (lines) and leaf-shape hands to ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Special touch
Every statement that is etched on a Swiss watch bears witness to the law. The statement Swiss Guilloche Main on a Breguet watch is no ... «Hong Kong Standard, Jul 15»
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Konstantin Chaykin's Diana Romances The Moon
While it may not look like one at first glance, rest assured that the oddly shaped, rhodium-plated space taking up the inner circle of the guilloche ... «Quill & Pad, Jul 15»
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Flint Group Flexographic Products presents new product …
The new letterpress plate shows improved reproduction characteristics for the printing of finest micro-text and guilloche patterns in combination ... «WorldPressOnline, Jul 15»
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World Travel Made Easy: Montblanc Villeret Tourbillon Cylindrique …
The entire tourbillon located in the recessed dial plate commands attention, which is aided by the guilloche wave pattern cut into a plate at its ... «Quill & Pad, Jun 15»
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Why Fabergé never goes out of style
The London outlet of Fabergé is on Grafton Street, its facade clad to resemble the famous guilloche enamelling (precisely engraved metal ... «Macleans.ca, Jun 15»
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The Smart Collector: Russian snuff box's beauty, quality historical …
Guilloche enamel features a translucent color applied over a patterned engine cut ground. A red enamel border at the edges is champleve, ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jun 15»
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Inside an Imperial Fabergé egg
The yellow guilloche design is a reference to the robe the Tsarina wore on her coronation day, and inside is a four-inch perfect replica of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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The Crazy-Tight Deadline that Helped Simple Create a Beautiful Logo
He had already gravitated to the idea of using a guilloche pattern: intricate geometric engraving, traditionally used as an anti-counterfeiting ... «Portland Monthly, Jun 15»

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