VIGNETTE

Vignette

Vignette is a form of road pricing imposed on vehicles, usually in addition to the compulsory road tax, based on a period of time instead of the usual road toll method based on distance traveled, and is currently used in several non-English speaking European countries. The term is of French origin, and is now used throughout Central Europe.

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vignette

Noun

  1. A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
  2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
  3. Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
  4. A short story that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
  5. The small picture on a postage stamp.
  6. The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.

Verb

  1. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.


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