Monday, August 18, 2014

MELANGE

WORD: MELANGE

MEANING:
1. A mixture: "[a] building crowned with a mélange of antennae and satellite dishes" (Howard Kaplan).
2. Geology A metamorphic rock formation created from sediments and rocks scraped off the top of a downward-moving tectonic plate in a subduction zone.
3. mixture, blend, combination

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Into the Storm is shot with a melange of hand-held cameras with a lot of amateur jerky movements to give it the feel of a home-made videotape, perhaps to recreate the effect we last saw in Cloverfield.
2. India is a melange of different cultures..

PRONOUNCE:
mé·lange - मेलन

LINK: MELANGE

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