Architecture vs. Vignette

Architecturenoun

The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.

Architecturenoun

The profession of an architect.

Architecturenoun

Any particular style of building design.

Architecturenoun

Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

Architecturenoun

A unifying structure.

Architecturenoun

(computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.

Architecturenoun

The structure and design of a system or product.

Architecturenoun

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; - often called civil architecture.

Architecturenoun

Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

Architecturenoun

an architectural product or work

Architecturenoun

the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings;

Architecturenoun

the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect

Architecturenoun

(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software;

Architecture

Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων arkhitekton , from ἀρχι- and τέκτων ) is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art.

Vignettenoun

(architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

Vignettenoun

(printing) 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.

Vignettenoun

(by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.

Vignettenoun

(by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.

Vignettenoun

(philately) The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.

Vignettenoun

(photography) 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.

Vignettenoun

(photography) Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.

Vignettenoun

(computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.

Vignettenoun

(automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.

Vignetteverb

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

Vignettenoun

A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

Vignettenoun

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; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.

Vignettenoun

A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind.

Vignetteverb

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

Vignettenoun

a brief literary description

Vignettenoun

a photograph whose edges shade off gradually

Vignettenoun

a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)