Star
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-007275
A quality control pattern in printing, consisting of fine lines radiating from a central point. It is used to evaluate print quality, particularly focus, dot gain, and slur, by observing how well the fine lines are resolved near the center. The point at which the lines appear to merge or blur indicates the limit of the printing process's resolution.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-007275 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Industrial printing |
| Synonyms | aster; ✶; *; sun |
| Translations | German: Stern; Spanish: asterisco; French: étoile |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-IND-007275",
"term": "Star",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "A quality control pattern in printing, consisting of fine lines radiating from a central point. It is used to evaluate print quality, particularly focus, dot gain, and slur, by observing how well the fine lines are resolved near the center. The point at which the lines appear to merge or blur indicates the limit of the printing process's resolution.",
"synonyms": [
"aster",
"✶",
"*",
"sun"
],
"subject": "Industrial printing",
"translations": {
"de": "Stern",
"es": "asterisco",
"fr": "étoile"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/star/"
}
Record 6,132 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.