nuance
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nu·ance
(nū'äns', nyū'-, nū-äns', nyū-) 
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- A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation.
- Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone: a rich artistic performance, full of nuance.
[French, from Old French, from nuer, to shade, cloud, from nue, cloud, from Vulgar Latin *nūba, from Latin nūbēs.]
nuanced nu'anced adj.SYNONYMS nuance, gradation, shade. These nouns denote a slight variation or differentiation between nearly identical entities: sensitive to delicate nuances of style; gradations of feeling from infatuation to deep affection; subtle shades of meaning.
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(nooh-ahns)
A fine shade of meaning: “I liked the film, but I know I missed some of its nuances.”
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Nuance is a small or subtle distinction. It can also refer to the following:
- Nuance Communications, the name of a company that sells voice and productivity software solutions.
- Nuance (band), the name of a 1980s dance music group.
- Nuance (NUcleus and ActiN Connecting Element), a transmembrane protein associated with actin and the nuclear envelope. Zhen, Y. Y.; Libotte, T.; Munck, M.; Noegel, A. A.; Korenbaum, E. (2002). "NUANCE, a giant protein connecting the nucleus and actin cytoskeleton". Journal of cell science 115 (Pt 15): 3207–3222. PMID 12118075.
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Nuance
Dansk (Danish)
n. - nuance
v. tr. - nuancere
Nederlands (Dutch)
kleurschakering, nuance (ren)
Français (French)
n. - nuance
v. tr. - nuancer
Deutsch (German)
n. - Nuance, Nuancierung
v. - nuancieren
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεπτή απόχρωση, λεπτή διαφορά, τόνος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - nuança (f)
Русский (Russian)
нюанс, оттенок
Español (Spanish)
n. - matiz
v. tr. - matizar
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyans, nyansering
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
细微差别, 精确细腻地表达或表演, 细致入微地描述
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 細微差別
v. tr. - 精確細膩地表達或表演, 細致入微地描述
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뉘앙스(빛깔의 엷고 짙은 정도, 음영)
v. tr. - ~에 뉘앙스를 주다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ニュアンス, 微妙な陰翳
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) فارق, دقيق
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - גוונון, בן-גוון, גונית, שוני קל, ניואנס
v. tr. - ציין שינויים קלים
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