decal
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of decalcomania.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.kæl/
- (US, Central Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdiːkæl/, /dɪˈkæl/
Audio (Canada): (file) - (Western Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɛkəl/
Audio (Canada): (file) - Rhymes: (US, Central Canada, General Australian) -æl, (Western Canada) -ɛkəl
Noun
[edit]decal (plural decals)
- A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
- (US) A decorative sticker.
- 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 91:
- Decorating each alienation, each species of withdrawal, as cufflink, decal, aimless doodling, there was somehow always the post horn.
- 1971, John Prine (lyrics and music), “Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore”, in John Prine:
- But your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. / They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war.
- (computer graphics) A texture overlaid on another texture to provide extra details.
Translations
[edit]design or picture to be transferred
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Verb
[edit]decal (third-person singular simple present decals, present participle decaling or decalling, simple past and past participle decaled or decalled)
- (transitive) To apply decals to.
Translations
[edit]to apply decals to
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