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the surface flexing just enough to prove light was paying attention.
means A soft, glossy brightness on a surface, where light reflects smoothly rather than harshly.
from From Old English 'sciene,' meaning beautiful or bright — a cousin of German 'schön' (beautiful). For centuries 'sheen' was an adjective meaning 'fair' or 'radiant,' the kind of word that adorned knights and maidens in poetry. Only later did it slip into use as a noun, the visible shine itself, possibly pulled along by the rhyming gravity of 'shine,' to which it's related through the same old Germanic root for light and showing.
- physics
- specular reflection bouncing off micro-smooth surfaces
- silk trick
- fibers align so light returns in one direction
- oil slicks
- thin films split light into shifting rainbows
- word root
- from Old English scinan, meaning to shine
- not gloss
- sheen is the subtler, satin cousin of shine
charlie sheen — actor known for two and a half men and winning, born carlos estevez in 1965
martin sheen — actor known for the west wing and apocalypse now, born ramon estevez in 1940