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▪ I. fringing, vbl. n.|ˈfrɪndʒɪŋ|
[f. fringe v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the vb. fringe; in quots. concr. = fringe 1 a. Also transf.
1598Florio, Smancerie..any trimming, lacing, fringing, or such ornament. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. ii. i, With much plumage and fringing. 1864― Fredk. Gt. IV. 576 Some fringing of light horse. 1892E. Reeves Homeward Bound 306 Simulated pearls of transparent radiance..adorn it round about with a fringing of copper.
b. The appearance of fringes of false colour in a projected colour picture as a result of imperfect registration of component images.
1912F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures xxvi. 298 Another disconcerting feature..is the apparent duplication of the outlines of figures near the camera... ‘Fringing’, as this defect is called, is difficult to eliminate. 1921Conquest Oct. 511/2 The moment motion of any rapidity occurs the objectionable defect of ‘fringing’ makes itself apparent. 1936A. B. Klein Colour Cinematogr. iv. 244 The writer has photographed the ripples on a stream without obvious signs of fringing. 1969Focal Encycl. Film & Telev. 301/1 Fringing is particularly objectionable in colour synthesis, since the fringes will then be of different colours from adjacent parts of the images.
c. The spreading of magnetic or electric lines of force at the edge of a region in which they otherwise form a simple pattern amenable to calculation.
1893D. C. Jackson Text-bk. Electro-Magn. I. v. 145 To this should be added about 10 per cent to allow for the ‘fringing’ of the lines of force at the corners of the pole pieces. 1943Electronic Engin. XVI. 254 As we approach the edge of the plates the field becomes non⁓uniform and we have wide curvature of the lines of force. This is technically known as ‘fringing’. 1957Amos & Birkinshaw Television Engin. (ed. 2) I. x. 262 The expression is approximate because it was assumed that the field between the plates was parallel whereas in fact it tends to spread at the edges... This effect is known as fringing. 1963B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors iii. 26 Fringing effects in the electric field at the ends of the electrodes tend to cause the magnitude of the sensitive volume to vary with applied voltage.
▪ II. ˈfringing, ppl. a.
[f. fringe v. + -ing2.]
That fringes. fringing forest: see quot. 1926; fringing reef: see quot. 1878.
1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xx. (1873) 465 The three great classes of coral-reefs, Atolls, Barrier, and Fringing-reefs. 1878Huxley Physiogr. xv. 253 Rocky ridges which fringe a shore in the manner just described, are known as fringing-reefs. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. I. xxiii. 339 The American Constitution..with the mass of fringing decisions which explain it. 1895Daily News 26 Aug. 3/2 Its blue sea, and fringing islands. 1903W. R. Fisher tr. Schimper's Plant-Geogr. ii. i. 177 We find the banks of rivers and lakes stocked with woods as far as infiltration extends. These are often mere brush-woods, but not unfrequently developed as luxuriant forests (fringing forests) not inferior to those of the best forest climate. 1926Tansley & Chipp Study of Vegetation x. 208 Fringing forest..occurs as a fringe of forest or woodland along the banks of perennial rivers. 1960N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. xiv. 439 There often occur, along rivers, ‘fringing forests’ which are evergreen and otherwise reminiscent of the rain forest. |