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The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.
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The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.
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See Chiaroscuro.
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The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.
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Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro
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See Chiaroscuro.
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Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite.
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See Chiaroscuro.
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Alt. of Chiasma
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Marked like macle (chiastolite).
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A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.
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A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.
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An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence
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The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus), and the species (P. Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine.
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One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales.
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A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.
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Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.
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A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.
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