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Meaning of "skeuomorph" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SKEUOMORPH

skeuomorph  [ˈskjuːəˌmɔːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKEUOMORPH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Skeuomorph 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 SKEUOMORPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

skeuomorph

Skeuomorph

A skeuomorph /ˈskjuːəmɔrf/ is a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues from structures that were necessary in the original. Examples include pottery embellished with imitation rivets reminiscent of similar pots made of metal and a software calendar that imitates the appearance of binding on a paper desk calendar.

Definition of skeuomorph in the English dictionary

The definition of skeuomorph in the dictionary is a functional item redesigned as something decorative.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SKEUOMORPH


allelomorph
əˈliːləˌmɔːf
allomorph
ˈæləˌmɔːf
anthropomorph
ˈænθrəpəˌmɔːf
ectomorph
ˈɛktəʊˌmɔːf
enantiomorph
ɛnˈæntɪəˌmɔːf
endomorph
ˈɛndəʊˌmɔːf
ergatandromorph
ˌɜːɡəˈtændrəˌmɔːf
ergatomorph
ˈɜːɡətəˌmɔːf
homeomorph
ˈhɒmɪəˌmɔːf
homoeomorph
ˈhɒmɪəˌmɔːf
homomorph
ˈhɒməˌmɔːf
hypomorph
ˈhaɪpəˌmɔːf
isomorph
ˈaɪsəʊˌmɔːf
lagomorph
ˈlæɡəʊˌmɔːf
mesomorph
ˈmɛsəʊˌmɔːf
ophiomorph
ˈɒfɪəˌmɔːf
paramorph
ˈpærəˌmɔːf
perimorph
ˈpɛrɪˌmɔːf
polymorph
ˈpɒlɪˌmɔːf
pseudomorph
ˈsjuːdəʊˌmɔːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKEUOMORPH

sketcher
sketchier
sketchiest
sketchily
sketchiness
sketching book
sketching pad
sketchy
sketted
sketting
skeuomorphic
skeuomorphism
skew
skew arch
skew symmetric matrix
skew symmetry
skew-eyed
skewback
skewbacked
skewbald

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKEUOMORPH

bimorph
dimorph
gynandromorph
hystricomorph
morph
neomorph
ornithomorph
pythonomorph
rhizomorph
theriomorph
trimorph
xeromorph
zoomorph

Synonyms and antonyms of skeuomorph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «skeuomorph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SKEUOMORPH

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

Translator English - Chinese

skeuomorph
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

skeuomorph
570 millions of speakers

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skeuomorph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

skeuomorph
380 millions of speakers
ar

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skeuomorph
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

skeuomorph
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

skeuomorph
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

skeuomorph
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

skeuomorph
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skeuomorph
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

skeuomorph
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

skeuomorph
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

skeuomorph
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Skeuomorph
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

skeuomorph
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

skeuomorph
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्केयुमोर्फ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

skeuomorph
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

skeuomorph
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skeuomorph
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

skeuomorph
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

skeuomorph
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

skeuomorph
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skeuomorph
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skeuomorph
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skeuomorph
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of skeuomorph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKEUOMORPH»

The term «skeuomorph» is used very little and occupies the 182.821 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SKEUOMORPH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about skeuomorph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKEUOMORPH»

Discover the use of skeuomorph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skeuomorph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Skeuomorph
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Noelene Aoide, 2012
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Adaptive Evolutionary Information Systems
An important difference between polymorphic and skeuomorphic composition is that in the latter case the components are asymmetrically connected, or distorted from symmetry (as the term skeuomorph implies). This is elaborated next.
Nandish V. Patel, 2003
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Material culture : critical concepts in the social sciences. ...
The ceramic skeuomorph has some of the power of the voodoo doll: in both cases a magician employs skilful imitation to bend reality. Indeed, the skeuomorph is trying to be something that it isn't (as may be the case with the marionette - see ...
Victor Buchli, 2004
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distance learning
Michael. Simonson. ohn Howells' new book, Management of Innovation and Technology (2005) is not the easiest book to read. It is however, quite interesting. In the first chapter, he discusses skeuomorphs. A skeuomorph, in case you have  ...
ProQuest Information and Learning Company
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Greek Sculpture and the Problem of Description
Understood in this way, the skeuomorph functions to extend the archaeological record. In a subsequent treatment of skeuomorphism, Vickers corrects the attribution of the term, which appeared first in 1889, in a study of decoration. The focus of ...
A. A. Donohue, 2005
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An Art of Emergent Visual Rhetoric
scholarship has inherited or adopted many of print's terms, traditions, and conventions— exhibiting qualities of Hayles' (1999) concept of the skeuomorph: a design feature that is no longer functional in itself but refers back to a feature that was ...
Karl Andrew Stolley, 2007
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Music and Human-Computer Interaction
This is the converse of the situation with the skeuomorph, whose cognitive benefit is anchored in some experiential memory which provides signification and is useful for recall — but only if the user shares this prior experience, and if they are  ...
Simon Holland, Katie Wilkie, Paul Mulholland, 2013
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Human 2.0? Conceptual Metaphors of Human Beings in ...
Hayles borrowed the anthropologist's term of skeuomorph to describe these artifacts. A skeuomorph is a design feature that is no longer functional in itself but that refers back to a feature that was functional at an earlier time. The dashboard of ...
Mary Jane Peterson, 2009
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New Perspectives on Romance Linguistics: Phonetics, ...
To my knowledge, the term 'skeuomorph' is a coinage of March (1889:166) — compare the OED, second edition (1989), s.v. skeuomorph (vol. 15, p. 594). However, perhaps the best discussion of the notion of skeuomorphy is found in the work ...
Chiyo Nishida, Jean-Pierre Montreuil, 2006
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Charles Dickens in Cyberspace : The Afterlife of the ...
Hayles proposes two terms drawn from archaeological anthropology for use in intellectual history: seriation and skeuomorph. Seriation charts are used by anthropologists to record the way artifacts — say pottery styles — change over time.
Jay Clayton Professor of English Vanderbilt University, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKEUOMORPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skeuomorph is used in the context of the following news items.
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Facebook makes men and women equal — with icon redesign
What she's talking about is called a skeuomorph: using an anachronistic symbol like a floppy disk to mean "save" when no one's saved to a floppy disk for a ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Today's language lives in the pre-tech past of phone booths and …
The fancy term is skeuomorph, a Greek pairing of skeuos (tool) and morphe (shape). The word belongs to architecture, where a quaint design has been retained ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Warlow and company deliver a stunning Man of La Mancha
They're all skeuomorphs, which is a fancy word for something that is something onew made to look like something old. That's a perfect description of Man of La ... «DC Theatre Scene, Mar 15»
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In which I suspend belief in Branson while contemplating the Virgin …
As regular consumers of this column will know, a skeuomorph is a once-functional design element repurposed to be purely decorative. In the case of the snack ... «New Statesman, Mar 15»
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Skeuomorphism at the College Art Association Conference: Or, the …
Skeuomorphs crop up almost continuously in everyday life. We use plastic cutlery that follows the same pattern of silverware; we wear jackets with false ticket ... «ARTnews, Feb 15»
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Skeuomorphism Will Never Go Away, And That's a Good Thing
Just a year and a half ago, we noted the demise of skeuomorphism in Apple interface design. Today, Co.Design's John Brownlee points out that "the most-hated ... «Gizmodo, Oct 14»
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This Lamp Is a Line of Light That You Can Twist to Your Heart's …
Soon, the shape of a lightbulb might exist as only a skeuomorph. [Designboom]. This Lamp Is a Line of Light That You Can Twist to Your Heart's Content. «Gizmodo, Sep 14»
8
5 ways we'd improve OS X Yosemite before the big launch
... Mr Ive, you do not have the excuse that the folders in Mavericks were particularly skeuomorphic (and we know how much you hate a skeuomorph) - they were ... «Stuff.tv, Jul 14»
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OS X Yosemite revealed: Translucent windows, cross-platform …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph: is a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues from structures that were necessary in the original. «ExtremeTech, Jun 14»
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YouTube's Chris Bailes: 'Don't simply upload skeuomorphs'
A skeuomorph, according to this dictionary definition, is "an object or feature which ... a square lid is a skeuomorph of a twilled basketry container," for example. «Journalism.co.uk, Nov 13»

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