Specialist dictionary

Design principles

Balance, contrast, hierarchy, proportion, rhythm, alignment and other design principles.

Core vocabulary

35 featured terms

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Acenoun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch a…

Alignmentnoun

the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

Balancenoun

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the…

Contrastverb

to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

Counterpointverb

to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

Emphasisnoun

special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.

Hierarchynoun

a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"

Law of proximitynoun

a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) ar…

Onenoun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch a…

Proportionnoun

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the…

Proportionalitynoun

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the…

Proximitynoun

a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) ar…

Repeatingnoun

the act of doing or performing again

Repetitionnoun

the act of doing or performing again

Rhythmnoun

(architecture) the repetitive use of a group of visual elements to establish a recognizable pattern

Singlenoun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch a…

Unitynoun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch a…

Cambernoun

the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top

Conflictverb

be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"

Copyingnoun

an act of copying

Counterbalanceverb

contrast with equal weight or force

Echolalianoun

(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)

Foilverb

enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

Iterationnoun

doing or saying again; a repeated performance

Monadnoun

a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive

Monasnoun

a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive

Opposeverb

contrast with equal weight or force

Redundancynoun

repetition of an act needlessly

Reduplicationnoun

the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

Reiterationnoun

the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

Renewalnoun

the act of renewing

Replicationnoun

the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion; "scientists will not believe an experimental result until they…

Singletonnoun

a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

Taxonomynoun

a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc

Topicalizationnoun

(linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beg…