Term: Moiré pattern

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Term: Moiré pattern

Definition:

A repeating low frequency geometric pattern induced by the interaction of two out-of-phase geometries of higher frequency. Moiré often occurs upon display of digitized halftone patterns caused by the out-of-phase interaction of the halftone pattern and sensor geometries.

Category:

Image

See also:

Distortion; Artifact (defect)