# fringing

Pronunciation: say "FRINJ-ing" /ˈfɹɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of fringe. — present participle and gerund of fringe
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of fringe. Use it after is or was, or as a noun for the action.
   - _Palm trees fringing the shore gave the bay its postcard look._
   - _Fringing a rug by hand takes patience and a steady supply of yarn._

## Noun

2. A fringe or other border running along the edge of something.
   - Simple: A fringe or border along the edge of something.
   - _The lampshade's silk fringing had faded after years in the sun._
   - _A narrow fringing of pine trees separated the beach from the road._
4. The appearance of false colors in an image when the separate single-color images that make it up are poorly aligned.
   - Simple: Wrong colors that show up in a picture when its single-color layers do not line up.
   - _Misaligned plates left visible fringing around the lettering on the poster._
   - _Early three-tube color cameras needed careful adjustment to keep fringing out of the picture._
5. Any irregular electric or magnetic effect that occurs at the edges of a region.
   - Simple: An odd electric or magnetic effect at the edges of an area.
   - _Fringing near the rim of the plates makes the measured capacitance a little higher than predicted._
   - _Magnetic fringing at the air gap spreads the flux beyond the edges of the core._

## Adjective

3. Forming a border or fringe along the edge of something.
   - Simple: Making a border around the edge of something.
   - _Divers explored the fringing reef that runs close along the island's shore._
   - _The fringing woodland around the field gives the deer some shelter._

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