Grain and Ray

Grain

Grain noun - A very small piece.

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Ray and grain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ray" instead a noun "Grain".

Nearby Words: grained, grainy, graining

Ray noun - A very small amount.

Usage example: the tapping sound ceased, extinguishing the last ray of hope that the trapped miners were still alive

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Grain and ray are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grain" instead a noun "Ray".

Nearby Words: rayed, raying, raye

special	special grain	special ray
common	common grain	common ray
single	single grain	single ray
small	small grain	small ray
Other adjectives: large, big, yellow, shrinking, last, patented, magical.

Instead of removing the grain for Blu-Ray, the restoration team matched it with the other grain to make the effect more seamless, while keeping the original picture.

Source: Remaster
The blu-ray release also has some bizarre color alterations, and some shots have obvious grain-smoothing problems.

Source: Digital Destruction
Digital Destruction: The Classic Media Blu-ray of Gojira used a mediocre, rough looking print hit with excessive grain smoothing (which didn't even get rid of much of it to begin with).

Source: Film / Godzilla (1954) aka: Gojira

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