skiamorph

From Ancient Greek σκῐᾱ́ (skiā́, “shadow”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈskiəmɔɹf/
• enPR: SKEE-uh-morf

skiamorph (plural skiamorphs)

1. (uncommon) Synonym of skeuomorph
   • 2009 [1981], J. E. Gordon, Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down‎, Hachette Books, →ISBN:

     Survivals of this sort are known as ‘skiamorphs’ (shadow shapes), and in one form or another they are very common in technology,^[sic] A modern instance is the survival of timber graining on the surface of plastic mouldings and furniture.

   • 2015, Janis Jefferies, Diana Wood Conroy, Hazel Clark, editors, The Handbook of Textile Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:

     As mentioned above, archaeology shows us that the echo of one material is often imitated in other materials as a ‘skiamorph’ (skia, Greek for shadow; morph, shape). Here one medium ‘shadows’ another material, which may have become outmoded by quicker industrial processes yet the exact shape of the older form is retained in the newer material.

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