shade

n.

1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
2. An area or a space of partial darkness.
3. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays.
4. Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat.
5. shades Slang. Sunglasses.
6. Relative obscurity.
7. shades
   1. Dark shadows gathering at dusk: "The shades of night are falling fast" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).
   2. The abode of the dead; the underworld.
8. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.
9. The degree to which a color is mixed with black or is decreasingly illuminated; gradation of darkness.
10. A slight difference or variation; a nuance: shades of meaning.
11. A small amount; a trace: detected a shade of bitterness in her remarks.
12. A disembodied spirit; a ghost.
13. shades A present reminder of a person or situation in the past: shades of my high-school days.

v., shad·ed, shad·ing, shades.

v.tr.

1. To screen from light or heat.
2. To obscure or darken.
3. To cause shade in or on.
4. 1. To represent degrees of shade or shadow in: shade a drawing.
   2. To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture.
5. To change or vary by slight degrees: shade the meaning.
6. To make a slight reduction in: shade prices.

v.intr.

To pass from one quality, color, or thing to another by very slight changes or degrees.

[Middle English, from Old English sceadu.]

shader shad'er n.

SYNONYMS   shade, penumbra, shadow, umbra, umbrage. These nouns denote an area of comparative darkness resulting from the blocking of light rays: sitting in the shade; Earth's penumbra; in the shadow of the curtains; the umbra beyond the footlights; in the umbrage of a forest. See also synonyms at nuance.

A programmable function in display adapters that offers a graphics application programmer flexibility in rendering an image. The vertex shader is used to transform the attributes of vertices (points of a triangle) such as color, texture, position and direction from the original color space to the display space. It allows the original objects to be distorted or reshaped in any manner.

From Vertex Shader to Pixel Shader

The output of a vertex shader along with texture maps goes to an interpolation stage and then to the pixel shader. The pixel shader is another programmable function that allows flexibility in shading an individual pixel. Whereas vertex shaders can be used to completely transform the shape of an object, pixel shaders are used to change the appearance of the pixels.

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Game developers push the envelope for fast graphics rendering and determine the right balance of vertex shading and pixel shading. Sometimes, the pixel shader, which is also called a "fragment shader," performs no processing and acts only as a pass-through.

Introduced in 2001, vertex shaders and pixel shaders are supported by OpenGL and DirectX. See graphics pipeline and graphics accelerator.

Shaders in the Pipeline

Vertex and pixel shaders allow the programmer complete flexibility in rendering an image with regard to reshaping the objects and changing their surfaces. See graphics pipeline for more details.

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noun

1. Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays: penumbra, shadow, umbra, umbrage. See light/darkness.
2. The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment: gradation, hue, tinge, tint. See colors/colorless.
3. The property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size: color, hue, tint, tone. See colors/colorless.
4. A slight variation between nearly identical entities: gradation, nuance. See big/small/amount.
5. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal whisker. See big/small/amount, show/hide.
6. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal spook. Regional haunt. See beings, supernatural.

verb

1. To shelter, especially from light: screen, shadow. See protection/exposure.
2. To make dark or darker: adumbrate, darken, shadow. See light/darkness.
3. To make a slight reduction in (a price): shave, trim. See increase/decrease.

n

Definition: dimness
Antonyms: brightness, glare, light

n

Definition: slight difference
Antonyms: gap

v

Definition: shut out the light
Antonyms: open

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1. A material hung from, and coiled on, a ratcheted spring-activated roller; used to provide privacy, to darken a room, or to reduce the amount of sunlight striking a window.
2. The result of the addition of a black dispersion to a mixture of white and color.
3. See shading and blending.
4. See shade screen.

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See dappled shade; full shade; half shade; high shade; light shade.

IN BRIEF: A place, such as under a tree or building, that is protected from the sun. Also: Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat.

Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life. — Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. president.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skygge, nuance, schattering, afskygning, anelse, skærm, rullegardin
v. tr. - skygge, afskærme, beskygge, formørke, skravere
v. intr. - glide over i, gå gradvis over i

idioms:

• in the shade    kaste skygge, gradvist overgå, gradvist forsvinde

Nederlands (Dutch)
schaduw, schakering, nuance, scherm, hersenschim, kleurverschillen aanbrengen, temperen, arceren, in de schaduw plaatsen

Français (French)
n. - ombre, nuance, ton, un tantinet, un tout petit peu, abat-jour, store, ombre (littér), fantôme (arch), lunettes de soleil (npl)
v. tr. - donner de l'ombre à, protéger (qn, qch) du soleil, ombrer, hachurer, colorier
v. intr. - se fondre (en)

idioms:

• in the shade    à l'ombre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schatten, Schattierung, Farbton, Spur, Schirm, Jalousie, Geist
v. - schattieren, abtönen, abschirmen, verdunkeln, beschatten, übergehen

idioms:

• in the shade    im Schatten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ίσκιος, σκιά, σκίαστρο, απόχρωση, μικρή ποσότητα, (πληθ.) κουρτίνες, (καθομ.) (στον πληθ.) γυαλιά ήλιου, σκούρα γυαλιά
v. - ισκιάζω, σκιάζω

idioms:

• in the shade    υπό σκιά, στην αφάνεια

Italiano (Italian)
sfumature, colorire, attenuare, tratteggiare, ombreggiare, sfumatura, ombra, paravento

idioms:

• in the shade    all'ombra

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sombra (f), obscuridão (f)
v. - fazer sombra, atenuar a luz

idioms:

• in the shade    na sombra

Русский (Russian)
тень, полумрак, прохлада, неизвестность, сумерки, уединенное место, сень, отличие, оттенок, незначительное количество, намек, призрак, маркиза, затенять, отодвигать в тень, омрачать, незаметно переходить, постепенно исчезать, смягчать, слегка уменьшать

idioms:

• in the shade    в тени кого или чего-либо

Español (Spanish)
n. - sombras, tinieblas, averno, matiz, sombra, umbra, toldo, biombo, fantasma
v. tr. - matizar, sombrear, oscurecer, resguardar de la luz, entoldar, abrigar, proteger, esconder, velar
v. intr. - matizarse, modificarse, convertirse gradualmente

idioms:

• in the shade    a la sombra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skugga, nyans, färgton, skiftning, schattering, skärm, rullgardin
v. - skugga, skärma av, dämpa, schattera, fördunkla, nyansera, avtona, gradvis övergå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
荫, 荫凉处, 阴暗, 遮光物, 遮蔽, 使渐变, 使阴暗, 逐渐变化

idioms:

• in the shade    在荫凉处, 逊色

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蔭, 蔭涼處, 陰暗, 遮光物
v. tr. - 遮蔽, 使漸變, 使陰暗
v. intr. - 逐漸變化

idioms:

• in the shade    在蔭涼處, 遜色

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 그늘, 땅거미, (컴퓨터) 음영
v. tr. - 그늘지게 하다, 할인하다, 어둡게 하다
v. intr. - 서서히 변하다, 희미해지다, 변화하여 ~이 되다

idioms:

• in the shade    나무 그늘에서, 그늘에 숨어서

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陰, 遮光物, 日よけ, ちょっとした違い, 度合い, 陰影, 色合い, 夕やみ, ごくわずか, シェード
v. - 陰にする, 陰影を付ける, 覆う, 日よけを付ける, しだいに変化する, 変化してなる

idioms:

• in the shade    日陰で, 光彩を奪われて, 目立たないで

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عزله, ظل (فعل) يحجب عن ألشمس, يظلل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צל, עוצמת-צבע, גוון, בת-גוון, ניואנס, אהיל, רוח, שד, שטח מוצל, מסך מצל, מגן-שמש (במכונית), מעט, משהו‬
v. tr. - ‮פרש צל, הצל, חיפה, סך‬
v. intr. - ‮השתנה (גונו) בהדרגה, קווקו (על נייר)‬

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Window Shade	Chandelier Shade
Solar Shade	Quick Shade