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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Watermark \Wa"ter*mark`\, n.
A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.
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A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.
Note: ``The watermark in paper is produced by bending the wires of the mold, or by wires bent into the shape of the required letter or device, and sewed to the surface of the mold; -- it has the effect of making the paper thinner in places. The old makers employed watermarks of an eccentric kind. Those of Caxton and other early printers were an oxhead and star, a collared dog's head, a crown, a shield, a jug, etc. A fool's cap and bells, employed as a watermark, gave the name to foolscap paper; a postman's horn, such as was formerly in use, gave the name to post paper.''
--Tomlinson. (Naut.) See Water line, 2. [R.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. A translucent design impress on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To mark paper with a watermark. 2 (context transitive English) To mark a datafile with a digital watermark.
WordNet
n. a line marking the level reached by a body of water [syn: water line]
a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light
Wikipedia
A watermark is an identifying image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light (or when viewed by reflected light, atop a dark background), caused by thickness or density variations in the paper. Watermarks have been used on postage stamps, currency, and other government documents to discourage counterfeiting. There are two main ways of producing watermarks in paper; the dandy roll process, and the more complex cylinder mould process.
Watermarks vary greatly in their visibility; while some are obvious on casual inspection, others require some study to pick out. Various aids have been developed, such as watermark fluid that wets the paper without damaging it. Watermarks are often used as security features of banknotes, passports, postage stamps, and other documents to prevent counterfeiting (see security paper).
A watermark is very useful in the examination of paper because it can be used for dating, identifying sizes, mill trademarks and locations, and determining the quality of a sheet of paper.
The word is also used to describe an overprint on computer-printed output, typically used to identify output from an unlicensed trial version of a program. Encoding an identifying code into digitized music, video, picture, or other file is known as a digital watermark.
"Watermark" is a song by the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans from their 2000 album Left and Leaving. It was released as a CD single in January 2001 through G7 Welcoming Committee Records in Canada and through Sub City Records in the United States, including live acoustic recordings of "Illustrated Bible Stories for Children" and "The Last Last One" as B-sides. These two tracks were recorded for radio station CKUW-FM in Winnipeg. The CD-ROM portion of the disc also includes the music video for "Watermark".
A watermark is a recognizable image or pattern in paper used to identify authenticity.
Watermark or watermarking can also refer to:
A watermark stored in a data file refers to a method for ensuring data integrity which combines aspects of data hashing and digital watermarking. Both are useful for tamper detection, though each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Watermark was a Contemporary Christian singing duo composed of husband and wife Nathan and Christy Nockels. They were under Michael W. Smith's record label, Rocketown Records.
Watermark describes an object of a predefined format which provides a point of reference for two systems/datasets attempting to establish delta/incremental synchronization; any object in the queried data source which was created, modified/changed, and/or deleted after the watermark value was established will be qualified as "above watermark" and could/should be returned to a delta-querying partner
Watermark is the second studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 19 September 1988 by Warner Music internationally and on 10 January 1989 by Geffen Records in the United States. After the release of her previous album Enya in 1987, she met Rob Dickins, chairman of Warner Music UK and fan of her first album, signed her to the label. Her contract allowed her considerable artistic and creative freedom with minimal interference from the label's management. Enya recorded Watermark in ten months with her long time recording partners, manager, producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. It was initially recorded in Ireland in demo form before production relocated to London to re-record, mix, and master it. Watermark is formed of music in different styles, and displays Enya's sound of multi-tracked vocals with keyboards and elements of Celtic and New age music, though Enya believes her music does not belong in the latter genre.
Watermark received many positive reviews from critics. Its unexpected but successful commercial success propelled Enya to worldwide fame; it peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart, number twenty-five on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and went to number one in New Zealand and Switzerland. It was certified quadruple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 1.2 million and four million copies across the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. To promote the album, Enya embarked on a worldwide promotional tour which included several live performances. Four singles were released from the album, including the international top-ten hit " Orinoco Flow", which went to number one in the United Kingdom for three weeks. Watermark was reissued in 1989, 1991, and 2009; the latter for release in Japan with a previously unreleased track.
Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, originally released in October 1977 on Columbia Records. When the first single, "Crying in My Sleep", failed to chart in the United States, the album was immediately withdrawn and a version of " (What a) Wonderful World" (featuring harmony vocals from Garfunkel's old partner Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor) was added to the track listing, replacing the song "Fingerpaint". The updated version of the album was released in early 1978. "(What a) Wonderful World" was also released as a single, reaching #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The songs "Watermark" and "Paper Chase" had previously been performed by Richard Harris on his albums A Tramp Shining and The Yard Went On Forever. This album is also noted as being the final recording sessions of legendary saxophonist Paul Desmond who died of lung cancer shortly thereafter. Actress Laurie Bird, Garfunkel's girlfriend, made the album cover's photograph.
Watermark is a 2013 Canadian documentary film by Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky. It concerns the history and use of water. Burtynsky was previously the subject of Baichwal's 2006 documentary, Manufactured Landscapes. The film features water use practices around the world, including multiple scenes in China and the United States, as well as segments shot in eight other countries. In China, the film chronicles the building of the Xiluodu Dam and flooding of its reservoir.
The film was recorded in various international locations using ultra high definition equipment, including a prototype RED Epic that was hand assembled.
The film won the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at the 2013 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, over The Dirties and Gabrielle and was named Best Feature Length Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards.
Watermark is a Bay area organization of women executives centered on the tech industry of Silicon Valley.
Usage examples of "watermark".
She loves to appraise estate stuff, item by item, and bring out the watermarks and count the perforations and check the color charts.
A sepia and golden Tonkinese, her soft coat colored in a random watermarked silk pattern, she was much too elegant ever to be observed using the litter box, although I supposed she must be using it.
In early 1943, when the watermark for the British fivers had been achieved, the project of making the printing plates was transferred to Block 19, Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where Jewish and nonJewish graphologists and graphic artists worked under the direction of the SS.
The slim boots had dirty watermarks round the edges of the uppers that looked incongruous against the pale mauve carpet.
There were passports with the watermarks of a dozen governmentsdriving licenses, pilot's licences, ration books, credit cards, birth certificates, warrants, identification cards, passes, permits, memberships, and authorisations enough to establish anyone in any role from a Bulgarian tight-rope walker to a wholesale fish merchant from Grimsby.
It was a cedar green, but when she moved, it caught the lamplight in watermarks on the fabric, making the color ripple gently.
He remembered a pub being looted two squares back, and as they went toward it past the watermarked, half-timbered houses and a hotel named the Royal Hop Pole, he discovered another of her griefs: she had lost a heel and in any case her tight, pointed slippers weren't the best for walking.
I thought how odd it was that each page, no matter how flawlessly white, no matter what its inscription or watermark, always harboured another text, another identity, beneath its surface, palimpsested and invisible, like a secret ink that can be seen only when rubbed with magic dust or exposed to flame.
A second Joynson Superfine watermarked letter to Rothenstein, which includes mathematical scribbles and a cartoonish face and the word "ugh," has a return address of 10 Glebe Place, Chelsea, which is the same return address on Ellen Sickert's 1893 letter to Blanche.
An elegant pen began to skate over watermarked paper, the hardest letter she had ever had to write.
The writing was beautiful, calligraphy, on heavy vellum paper with a watermark.
If it were watermarked, she wonders, what would it be watermarked as, or with?
If each segment is watermarked with one of these numbers, then the action in each segment seems to be mapped here, and we have, for the first time, a geography of sorts, and possibly, if we knew the numbers for each segment, a formal order.
The bad handwriting looks disguised and is jarringly inconsistent with the handwriting of someone with access to pen and ink and fine-quality watermarked stationery.
The A Pirie & Sons watermarks we found on Sickert stationery include a watermarked date of manufacturing, and the three partial dates on the Ripper letters with the A Pirie & Sons watermark are 18 and 18 and 87.