Originates from textiles, specifically silk, indicating a wavy, rippling pattern.

Textile Origin

'Moire' often conveys an elegant and refined quality in fashion.

Elegant Impression

Though commonly associated with silk, moire can appear on various materials.

Not Only Silk

In physics, 'moire' refers to patterns that interfere with each other, causing visual phenomena.

Optical Interference

'Moire' in technical contexts often relates to display issues or printing errors.

Technical Context

Moire patterns can be visually distracting, making it a concern in design work.

Visual Distraction

 Two things that happened -- there's an interference pattern, and then a third thing happens. There are shapes that come about just by the marriage of two events that are happening, and I'm very interested in that. Like the occurrence of moire patterns.