Usually means: Development of surface layer, aging.
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  1. patination: Merriam-Webster
  2. patination: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. patination: Collins English Dictionary
  4. patination: Wordnik
  5. patination: Wiktionary
  6. patination: Dictionary.com
  7. Patination: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. patination: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  9. Patination: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Patination: Encyclopedia

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Patination: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (sculpture) The application of a patina.

Similar:
patina, polychromism, pentimento, painture, body paint, process art, patternation, patrocination, politure, plastre, more...

Opposite:
depigmentation, decolorization, bleaching

Types:
verdigris, oxidation, bronzing, patina, green patina, blue patina, black patina, red patina, more...

Adjectives:
white, heavy, green, incipient, dark, differential, brown, artificial, natural, total, deep

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Similar:
patina, polychromism, pentimento, painture, body paint, process art, patternation, patrocination, politure, plastre, more...

Opposite:
depigmentation, decolorization, bleaching

Types:
verdigris, oxidation, bronzing, patina, green patina, blue patina, black patina, red patina, more...

Adjectives:
white, heavy, green, incipient, dark, differential, brown, artificial, natural, total, deep



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