(countable) A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied
(countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law
“The officials were easily noticeable from a distance on account of the bright gloss of the purple or blue silk robes which they wore.”
“Beneath the manufactured gloss of the event is a public transport infrastructure bursting at the seams.”
“In the course of interpreting a passage that has descriptive marginalia such as this one, I may refer to the gloss in order to accent Traherne's intentions.”
“The officials were easily noticeable from a distance on account of the bright gloss of the purple or blue silk robes which they wore.”
“Beneath the manufactured gloss of the event is a public transport infrastructure bursting at the seams.”
“In the course of interpreting a passage that has descriptive marginalia such as this one, I may refer to the gloss in order to accent Traherne's intentions.”
An instrument used to measure the specularreflectiongloss of a surface, by projecting a beam of light at a fixed intensity and angle onto a surface and measuring the amount of reflected light at an equal but opposite angle.
“The glossmeter used photoelectric measurement of specularly reflected light from the surface.”
glossator
(historical) A legalscholar of the Middle Ages, specifically one who authored commentaries or glosses on legal texts (often the Corpus Juris of Justinian).