Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mark showing the greatest height to which water has risen.
- noun A line indicating the heights of high and low tide.
- noun A translucent design impressed on paper during manufacture and visible when the paper is held to the light.
- noun The metal pattern that produces this design.
- noun Information directly encoded into the data portion of an image, video, or audio file that identifies the copyright owner or a licensed user. In image or video files, a watermark may be either visible or invisible.
- transitive verb To mark (paper) with a watermark.
- transitive verb To impress (a pattern or design) as a watermark.
- transitive verb To insert (a digital file) with a watermark.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mark, line, or limit of the rise or height of water, as in a well, a river, the sea, etc.; a water-line; especially, a tide-mark.
- noun A faintly marked letter, figure, or design in the fabric of paper, that denotes its size or its manufacturer, usually barely noticeable except when the sheet is held against strong light.
- To mark or stamp with water-lines: as, to
water-mark paper; a.water-marked page. - To mark, inscribe, or embody in water-lines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.
- noun A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.
- noun (Naut.), rare See
Water line , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
translucent design impressed on thesurface of paper andvisible when the paper is held to the light. - noun computing Auxiliary data
embedded in adatafile for subsequent identification and verification of the file. - verb transitive To mark paper with a watermark.
- verb transitive To mark a datafile with a watermark.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a line marking the level reached by a body of water
- noun a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light
Etymologies
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Examples
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The book, the cover of which ripples with the watermark from a dollar bill, was, Child says, greatly influence by films such as High Society.
A life in books: Lauren Child Sarah Crown 2010
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The artifact fields allow the user to search using information about the work the watermark is found in such as repository institution, country, format, author, etc.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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The artifact fields allow the user to search using information about the work the watermark is found in such as repository institution, country, format, author, etc.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Thomas Gravell Watermark Archive 2008
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Given several marked files, an attacker can locate all or most of the places the watermark is hidden, which is again the first step in removing the watermark.
Boing Boing: February 19, 2006 - February 25, 2006 Archives 2006
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In contrast, the MediaMax watermark is applied in the time domain and is rendered undetectable by even minor changes to the file.
Boing Boing: January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 Archives 2006
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Music industry is actually doing this now with something called the watermark to protect their music files.
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The watermark was the facial image of Albert Lutuli, the first person from Africa to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
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-- A more refined watermark, which is more clearly visible;
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-- A more refined watermark, which is more clearly visible;
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Forged permits are very risky things to work with, as all genuine ones bear the government watermark, which is not easy to reproduce.
The Pit Prop Syndicate Freeman Wills Crofts 1918
reesetee commented on the word watermark
In the rare/antique book field, a figure or design impressed in paper during its manufacture that's visible when the paper is held to the light. It was created by impressing a water-coated metal stamp, or dandy roll, onto the paper during manufacture. Watermarks may denote the papermaker or may carry a heraldic crest or other distinguishing symbol
February 22, 2007
thesaraheffect commented on the word watermark
one of the most lovely-sounding words in the english language
February 24, 2009